Five years of community preventive dentistry and health education in the county of Sutherland, Scotland.
Examination of 11-year-old Scots children who had participated in a 5-year, fortnightly dental health education and preventive dentistry programme showed that, compared with a similar age-matched group, the regimen produced mean DMF and DMFS reductions of 48.6% and 42.1%, respectively. In addition, the plaque and gingival indices differed significantly and 22.5% of test children were caries-free compared with only 7.6% of controls.
D002648:Child; D003149:Community Dentistry; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003752:Dental Health Services; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000517:prevention & control; D005460:Fluorides, Topical / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011313:Preventive Dentistry; D011636:Public Health Dentistry; D012606:Scotland
D005460:Fluorides, Topical