Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) in KwaZulu and Namibia in 11-year-old children in 1988.
A sample of 603 11-year-old children from four low fluoride (less than 0.15 ppm) and one higher fluoride (1.56 ppm) communities in Namibia and KwaZulu were examined in 1988 using the CPITN. In a rural low fluoride community in Namibia only 6 per cent of children had healthy mouths compared with 42-58 per cent in the other communities. The main periodontal lesion seen was gingival bleeding (19-47 per cent) followed by calculus (6-47 per cent). There is a need for both oral hygiene improvement and simple intervention.
Hargreaves
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Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Cleaton-Jones
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Matejka
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Beere
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Hargreaves
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D002648:Child; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009276:Namibia / Q000453:epidemiology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population