The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth
OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of dental caries in Inuit (Eskimo) youth aged 5-22 years. METHODS: Both tooth-oriented indices and child-oriented caries patterns were recorded in a field study conducted in 1991 in Nain and Hopedale, Northern Labrador. Seventy-eight pe...
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ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/33646 2023-05-15T16:06:42+02:00 The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth Zammit, Mark P. Torres, Alma Johnsen, David C. Hans, Mark G. 1994 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33646 en eng American Association of Public Health Dentistry Hans, M. G., Johnsen, D. C., Torres, A., & Zammit, M. P. (1994). The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 54(3), 132-138. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33646 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Dental caries in children -- Labrador (N.L.) Dental caries -- Research -- Labrador (N.L.) Inuit -- Health and hygiene Dental caries -- Labrador (N.L.) article 1994 ftunivmalta 2021-10-16T18:09:34Z OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of dental caries in Inuit (Eskimo) youth aged 5-22 years. METHODS: Both tooth-oriented indices and child-oriented caries patterns were recorded in a field study conducted in 1991 in Nain and Hopedale, Northern Labrador. Seventy-eight percent (N = 347) of all school-children in these two locations were examined by a single examiner. RESULTS: Three percent of the population were caries free and 88 percent of those with caries experience had untreated dental decay. The mean combined dmft and DMFT per child for all ages was 6.85, while the mean combined dmfs and DMFS was 15.72. About 38 percent of subjects had pit and fissure caries; 2 percent had hypoplastic lesions; 4 percent had faciolingual caries; 31 percent had molar-approximal caries and 22 percent had faciolingual and molar-approximal caries, the most destructive caries pattern. About 68 percent of the 5-6-year-olds and 26 percent of the 15-22-year-olds experienced the most destructive pattern of decay in their primary and permanent dentitions, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Preventive measures should start well before the age of 5 years. Describing caries patterns according to the dentition type complemented the traditional indices. peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Hopedale inuit Nain University of Malta: OAR@UM Nain ENVELOPE(-61.695,-61.695,56.542,56.542) |
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OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of dental caries in Inuit (Eskimo) youth aged 5-22 years. METHODS: Both tooth-oriented indices and child-oriented caries patterns were recorded in a field study conducted in 1991 in Nain and Hopedale, Northern Labrador. Seventy-eight percent (N = 347) of all school-children in these two locations were examined by a single examiner. RESULTS: Three percent of the population were caries free and 88 percent of those with caries experience had untreated dental decay. The mean combined dmft and DMFT per child for all ages was 6.85, while the mean combined dmfs and DMFS was 15.72. About 38 percent of subjects had pit and fissure caries; 2 percent had hypoplastic lesions; 4 percent had faciolingual caries; 31 percent had molar-approximal caries and 22 percent had faciolingual and molar-approximal caries, the most destructive caries pattern. About 68 percent of the 5-6-year-olds and 26 percent of the 15-22-year-olds experienced the most destructive pattern of decay in their primary and permanent dentitions, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Preventive measures should start well before the age of 5 years. Describing caries patterns according to the dentition type complemented the traditional indices. peer-reviewed |
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Zammit, Mark P. Torres, Alma Johnsen, David C. Hans, Mark G. |
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The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth |
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The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth |
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The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth |
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The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth |
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The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth |
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Hans, M. G., Johnsen, D. C., Torres, A., & Zammit, M. P. (1994). The prevalence and patterns of dental caries in Labrador Inuit youth. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 54(3), 132-138. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33646 |
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