title: [Dental caries in preschool children in Zürich].
abstract: Since 1956, Kindergarten children of the city of Zurich are annually examined and instructed, in presence of their parents, for adequate home care. The results of 19 years of activity are shown. While formerly, the differences in districts of different social-economic structure were large, they have slowly disappeared owing to constant education of children and parents in preventive measures. The second part is an evaluation of an epidemiological study of children who, on the day of examination, were 5 years +/- 2 weeks old. The approximate half of the children, who received fluorine tablets from birth, had--as was to be expected--a high percentage of caries free dentitions. The results show that an untiring effort for prophylaxis, inspite of often adverse circumstances, begins to bear fruit.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D012571:School Dentistry; D013557:Switzerland; D014099:Toothbrushing
vernacular_title: Zum Kariesbefall vorschulpflichtiger Kinder in Zürich