Assessment of periodontal status using CPITN for elementary school children.

Miyazaki, Hideo; Yamashita, Yoshihisa; Saito, Toshiaki; Sogame, Akira; Shigeoka, Toshiyuki; Sakuma, Toshimasa; Takehara, Tadamichi

doi:10.5834/jdh.37.167

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“…An annual dental examination of 6-18-yr-old schoolchildren is required by law in Japan, At present, only the detection of dental earies and giving recommendations for caries treatment are included in school dental health care activities. We have previously suggested that a preventive program for periodontal disease should be introduced in the school dental health care system (15), In 1988, the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan agreed upon a national program for reduction of periodontal disease. The goals of that program have been defined as follows: 1) to motivate dentists and the public to prevention of periodontal disease during childhood; 2) to change from a dental health care attitude which attaches more importance to treatment of disease to a dental and periodontal health eare attitude and action whieh emphasizes prevention; 3) to introduce regular dental and periodontal examinations and oral health guidance for adults in each community or at the place of employment; 4) to develop plans for prevention of periodontal disease by means of improved meehanical oral hygiene measures or, if proven effective, by specific drugs that may become available in the future.…”

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Periodontal disease prevalence in different age groups in Japan as assessed according to the CPITN

Miyazaki

Hanada

Andoh

et al. 1989

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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A CPITN survey was conducted involving 12,832 Japanese subjects from 7 to 64 years of age. Subjects under 18 were schoolchildren, and 18-year-old and older subjects represented various social backgrounds, having been randomly selected from both urban and rural Japan. Fifty percent of the 7-yr-old children had signs of periodontal disease, and this percentage increased with increasing age. In those under 14, this increase in periodontal disease was mainly due to an increase in the proportion of children developing dental calculus. Subjects with 6 mm or deeper pockets were observed starting from the 20-29-yr-old age group. In subjects over this age, the prevalence of periodontal disease was higher in men than in women. The percentages of subjects having pathologic pockets had increased remarkably in the 30-44-yr-olds. In the 45-64-yr-old group, almost all subjects had some sign of periodontal disease, and the percentage of those with 4 or 5 mm pockets and 6 mm or deeper pockets were 37% and 21%, respectively.

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