title: [Dental treatment of kindergarteners at Halle].
abstract: A 3-year longitudinal study on kindergarteners revealed an increase in the number of children having need for dental treatment, from 30.1% in the youngest age-group to 58.7% in the oldest age-group. In the framework of a program of general dental treatment, dental examinations were conducted by stomatologists of Halle on the oldest age-groups. The following results were obtained: children who had received complete dental treatment, 71%; children who had received partial dental treatment, 13%; and children who had received no dental treatment, 16%. As only group treatment will ensure optimal treatment results, whereby the attitude of the kindergarten teachers is of considerable importance, its inclusion in the educational programs of the kindergartens is advocated.
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Zur Sanierung Hallescher Kindergartenbesucher.