OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence and severity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous child dental disease in relation to age, sex, residential location and socio-economic status in three Australian states and territories. DESIGN Children aged 4-14 years who were enrolled in a school dental or screening service in New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia, were rando...

BACKGROUND Information on the dental disease patterns of child populations is required at a small area level. At present, this can be provided only by expensive whole population surveys. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of Census data combined with health service information to provide estimates of population dental disease experience at the small area level. METHOD Clinical ...

the human oral cavity includes different bacterial community. advantage anddisadvantage of these bacteria depend on their ability to adhere to the toothsurfaces. some microbiota could cause oral disease, however, some of them inhibitformation of biofilm on teeth and therefore prevent dental caries. the present studywas undertaken to investigate on the dmft index (d: decay, m: missing, f: fillin...

AIM Mental retardation (MR) subjects comprise a considerable amount of the community and are susceptible to oral and periodontal problems due to insufficient oral care. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the oral health and periodontal status of MR patients in Turkey with regard to periodontal indices and Decay missed filling teeth (DMFT) scores and compare findings accordin...

The aim of this study was to describe and compare findings regarding the prevalence and severity of dental caries when using ICDAS and DMFT/dmft in an epidemiological study with children and their mothers. This cross-sectional study evaluated 150 preschoolers and their mothers. Data were collected with ICDAS and then transformed into DMFT/dmft. ICDAS scores related to caries were analyzed accor...

Aim: The purpose of the present research was to assess DMFT index in school-going children having mixed dentition. Methodology: Total n=937 from age 6 15 were screened. All subjects have been randomly selected through school visits.A team dental surgeons performed intraoral examination participants with particular focus on Index, showing number teeth that undergone decay, extractions or restora...