title: The relationship between caries experience in the deciduous molars at 5 years and in first permanent molars of the same child at 7 years.
abstract: The sensitivity and specificity of predictors of caries in the first permanent molars based on caries experience in the deciduous molars were tested, using longitudinal data derived from a group of 565 children examined at the ages of 5 and 7 years. The best predictor of caries experience in the first permanent molars at the age of 7 years in this group of children was found to be caries experience in three or more deciduous molars at the age of five.
authors.affiliation: Dudley and Walsall Health Authorities, Ashwoodhay, West Midlands.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Marchment
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008963:Molar; D011336:Probability; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous