title: Dental caries and related factors--a longitudinal study of Finnish immigrant children in the north of Sweden.
abstract: In this study the development of dental caries was observed in Finnish immigrant children between 5 and 8 years of age. Baseline variables that could predict caries were identified. Dental health in this group of Finnish immigrant children was already very poor at the age of 5 and deteriorated further up to 8 years of age, when only 4% of the children were caries free. In the last three years, 48% had participated in an individualized prevention programme (average 0.6 hours). Using the parents' dental status as a predictor gave a higher percentage of correct classifications than the use of dmfs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekman
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology