title: Experience of dental caries among aboriginal children in Selangor, Malaysia.
abstract: A cross-sectional survey involving 303 6-15-year-old aboriginal children was carried out in Selangor, West Malaysia. Dental caries status was assessed on the basis of the methods of the World Health Organization Oral Health Survey. The findings indicated a generally low prevalence of dental caries with a mean df of 4.94 for children below the age of 10 years. Mean DMFT and DMFS values of 1.71 and 3.22, respectively, were also observed for the 6-15-year-old children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kadir
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Yassin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous