Caries experience in deciduous and permanent dentition of the same individuals.
Caries of the permanent first molars of 5-year-old children was found to be associated with caries of their diciduous teeth. The sample consisted of 220 children whose permanent first molars had erupted. They were selected out of 965 children who were a representative sample of children attending compulsory kindergartens in Jerusalem, 1971.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology