[Study on screening of high-caries-risk children by using number of DMFT at 6 years of age].
This study was carried out to contrive a screening level and select high-caries-risk school-children by using the number of dmft in the deciduous canines and molars at 6 years of age. The screening level was established at 9 dmft by analyzing the longitudinal caries data from 119 primary schoolchildren in Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture. Thirty-three percent of the high-caries-risk children, selected by the application of this screening level to the other three primary schools, were predicted that the mean number of DMFT would be 6 or more at 11 years of age. However, this screening level was not available for the two schools which had been adopting a fluoride mouth rinsing program because of their low caries experience at 11 years of age.
Okada
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Department of Preventive Dentistry and Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Yonemitsu
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M
Kawaguchi
Y
Y
Ohara
S
S
Sasaki
Y
Y
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009067:Mouthwashes; D012306:Risk; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
D009067:Mouthwashes; D005459:Fluorides