Oral Health of United States Adults. The National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. Employed Adults and Seniors: 1985-1986. National Findings.

摘要

The National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. Adults was designed to establish the prevalence of coronal caries, root surface caries and periodontal destruction in a readily accessible adult population with sufficient precision to permit future detection of changes by geographic region and within five-year age intervals. 'Oral Health in U.S. Adults: National Findings' complements the surveys of school children conducted by NIDR in 1979-80 and 1987, and together they provide estimates of the prevalence of oral disease for approximately 150 million Americans. The Epidemiology and Oral Disease Prevention Program plans to repeat the prevalence surveys at periodic intervals in order to: detect changes in caries experience and periodontal destruction by geographic region; assess the effects of the implementation of new caries and periodontal preventive measures; and to help target preventive research strategies for groups with high levels of disease.