title: The University of North Carolina Caries Risk Assessment Study. II. Baseline caries prevalence.
abstract: Baseline clinical dental examinations were conducted on 5,233 children in grades 1 or 5 from the areas surrounding Aiken, SC, and Portland, ME, as part of a longitudinal study being conducted to predict children at high risk to dental caries. Mean caries levels in the Aiken area were nearly twice those of the Portland area. Black children experienced slightly more disease than whites. In addition to lower levels of caries experience, Portland children also had more treatment needs met, as indicated by higher filled ratio scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7450.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Disney
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Stamm
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bohannan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Abernathy
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008281:Maine / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D044465:White People