Report on caries experience and treatment needs in Western Australian children aged 6–14 years

Medcalf, G. W.

doi:10.1111/j.1834-7819.1970.tb00909.x

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“…The dental health status was similar to reports from other states of Australia (1,8,11,14,16). The study populatioti was one experieneing a high prevalenee of dental earies, but a low restorative treatment eomponent.…”

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“…In the past, few Australian studies have placed emphasis on the collection of information on treatment needs (2,8,11,14). The rapid expansion of the Victorian public dental health services has made it desirable that effective methods of collecting information on treatment needs be established, Xhis survey was designed to assess both the dental health status and treatment needs of students at a secondary school in Melbourne, Victoria.…”

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Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Spencer

1978

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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The dental health status and treatment needs of 302 secondary school students (182 boys, 120 girls: age range 11-16 years) were surveyed. Restorative, exodontic, periodontic, prosthetic, and orthodontic treatment needs were assessed at the time of examination. The dental health status was poor and the amount of treatment needed was high. Treatment needs increased with age and were dominated by resorative work. The average student required 19.8 relative value units of work, taking 2 3/4 hours and costing A$ 93.00.

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Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Spencer

1978

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“….0 White pupils -The total DMFT scor-es of the English and Afrikaans pupils, 9.0 and 10.2, may be compared with that for Australian 14-year--old pupils, 10.8 (19); and for Australian I6-year--o]ds, 12.6 (24). In Denmark, for older subjects of 20 years, scores of 10.4 and 16.6 have been reported (7,10).…”

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Contrasting patterns of caries profile and dental treatment in pupils of 16–18 years in South African ethnic groups

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Comm Dent Oral Epid

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Investigations on caries profile and state of teeth treatment were made on 3752 high school pupils of 16-18 years, namely, rural and urban Black, Indian, Colored (Eur-African-Malay) and White pupils. Rural Blacks had a low mean DMFT of about 2, and a caries-free prevalence of 52%. Of the few with affected teeth, 10% were extracted, none filled, and 90% decayed; i.e. restorative dental attention was virtually nil. Among English and Afrikaans pupils attending Government Schools, mean DMFT was about 10, and caries-free prevalence negligible. Of affected teeth, 13% were extracted, 59% filled and 28% decayed. The situations regarding the urban Black, Indian and Colored groups were intermediate. The Jewish pupils, well-circumstanced and attending private school, had a mean DMFT of 6.5, moreover 6% were caries-free. Of affected teeth, 1% had been extracted; 93% were filled, and only 6% remained decayed. Since it transpired that the diets of the three White subgroups, cariogenically, were much the same, the advantageous position of the Jewish pupils was judged to be due primarily to their excellent oral hygiene motivation, particularly their demonstrably regular visits to dentists.

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“…A series of cross-sectional studies conducted in Perth and the Bunbury region (fluoride <0.2 mg/L) confirmed the trend toward lower caries levels and showed a difference between the two places. In 1967 (before water fluoridation in Perth), ten-year-old children in WA had 4.8 DMFT (Medcalf, 1970). In 1977, ten-year-olds in metropolitan Perth had 1.9 DMFT, and in the Bunbury region, 3.9 DMFT; 10.0% of Perth but no Bunbury ten-year-olds were free of caries (Medcalf, 1978).…”

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Dental Caries and Fluoride Exposure in Western Australia

Riordan

1991

J Dent Res

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Most water supplies in Western Australia (WA) have been fluoridated since about 1968, but one region has persistently resisted. Supplement use has been encouraged there, and fluoride toothpaste is widely used. Caries prevalence and caries experience in children in Perth (F- 0.8 mg/L) have declined steadily since fluoridation, but in the Bunbury region (F- less than 0.2 mg/L), caries measures remain higher than in Perth. The purpose of this study was to correlate the magnitude and timing of fluoride exposure with caries experience. Altogether, 592 randomly selected children born in 1978 (mean age, 11.8 years) in Perth and the Bunbury region provided residence and fluoride exposure information for the periods from birth to four and from four to 12 years of age. Caries experience was recorded clinically in accordance with DMFT and WHO criteria. Sixty-one percent had been continuous residents of fluoridated areas from birth to four years, and 51% between the ages of four and 12 years. Fluoride supplement use was low. By the age of 1.5 years, 42% had used toothpaste. The prevalence of caries was 0.38 in Perth and 0.61 in the Bunbury region, and mean DMFT scores were 0.89 (SD, 1.39) and 1.57 (SD, 1.60), respectively. Bivariate analysis revealed all fluoride exposure to be associated with reduced caries experience, but there were large correlations between some variables. When unconditional logistic regression analysis was used, the most important (p less than 0.05) odds ratios associated with no caries experience were for residence in a fluoridated area from four to 12 years of age and early use of toothpaste.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Report on caries experience and treatment needs in Western Australian children aged 6–14 years

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Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Contrasting patterns of caries profile and dental treatment in pupils of 16–18 years in South African ethnic groups

Dental Caries and Fluoride Exposure in Western Australia

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