title: Correlation between caries experience in primary and permanent dentition in birth-cohorts 1950-70.
abstract: Caries experience in the primary molars and canines at 8 yr of age and in the permanent dentition at 16 was correlated in every fourth birth-cohort between 1950 and 1970 in a Danish community. Correlations between 0.44 and 0.55 were found. Cross-tabulation of the data also revealed close association, but prediction of individual high caries risk children based solely on screening for caries experience in the primary dentition is hardly cost-effective.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Community Dentistry and Graduate Studies, Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Helm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Helm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003481:Cuspid; D004245:DMF Index; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar; D015995:Prevalence; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous