Children's dental health in the Eastern Health Board region, 1993: report of a study conducted by the Dental Department of the Eastern Health Board in collaboration with the Oral Services Research Centre University College Cork.

摘要

Overall there has been a major improvement in the dental health of children and teenagers inudthe Eastern Health Board since 1984. For example, the results of the present survey show thatudthe prevalence of dental caries in deciduous and permanent teeth has declined byudapproximately 40 per cent. The prevalence of dental caries varies widely between the eightuddental areas and also between the different subareas within each dental area. The pattern ofudtreatment of dental caries also varies widely between areas and subareas. For example for 12-year-olds the percentage of the total decay experience attributable to fillings varies betweenud23 and 75 per cent. Wide variation was also seen in the level of fissure sealants among 8-udand 12-year-olds.