title: [Priority health targets in the new Germany from the view point of oral health].
abstract: The global pattern of caries prevalence has undergone some changes since the seventies. This has occurred with some remarkable geographic differences. Comparative statistical analysis shows an acceptable situation at the current moment for the population of the new "Bundesländer". The globally given goals of oral health for the various age groups can be reached or have already been accomplished in part. For the youth population the state of good oral health corresponds always to the caries protective availability of fluorides, for the adult population to the remarkable state of a tooth-preservative oriented curative care. For the senior citizen population the high loss of teeth is an indication of past neglect in dental care. Future development of oral health of the population depends largely on all-encompassing preventive and tooth-preservative concepts of dental care.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Stomatologie an der Medizinischen Akademie Erfurt.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Künzel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides; D005858:Germany; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Prioritäre Gesundheitsziele in den neuen Bundesländern aus der Sicht oraler Gesundheit.