Dental caries assessment of Mississippi Head Start children.
This study assessed the dental caries status and treatment needs of Mississippi Head Start children during the 1987-88 school year. The 2,393 children examined, representing a 10 percent random sample of all Mississippi Head Start children, were three to six years old with a majority being four to five years old. The mean deft ranged from 1.34 for three-year-olds to 4.32 for six-year-olds; the mean defs ranged from 2.33 to 9.99. More than 50 percent of primary teeth of three-year-olds with dental caries experience required treatment, whereas less than one-quarter of similarly affected teeth of six-year-olds were in need of treatment.
Trubman
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Department of Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi, Jackson 39216.
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Meydrech
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D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous