title: Prevalence and intraoral distribution of coronal and root caries in middle-aged and older adults.
abstract: This work describes the prevalence and intraoral distribution of coronal and root caries in 326 predominantly white, educated, middle-aged and older adults. Study participants were recruited from Tufts Geriatric Outreach Program, Nutritional Status Study (NSS), and the Forsyth Root Caries Study. Eighty-five percent of participants reported visiting their dentist in the last year. The median number of teeth was 21 in the 65+ age-group, and 40% of participants had coronal caries and 33% had root carious lesions. The mean coronal and root caries (DFS) was higher and the proportion of decayed surfaces to all decayed and filled surfaces (%D/DFS) was lower than in other comparable studies. A comparative analysis of intraoral distribution of coronal and root caries and their relation with age is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass. 02111.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giunta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D004245:DMF Index; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D017213:Root Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014070:Tooth / Q000473:pathology