title: Dental caries and fluorosis in children from high and low fluoride areas of Morocco.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and the severity of dental caries and dental fluorosis in primary and permanent teeth of 582 subjects, aged 7 to 16 years, from the fluorosis area of Khouribga and the non-fluorosis area of Beni Mellal, Morocco. At age-group 7-10, where 67.8 percent of primary teeth were present, about 35 percent of the children were affected in the high-fluoride area and the community fluorosis index was 0.86. The percentage and average number of erupted permanent teeth were higher in Beni Mellal than in Khouribga for 11-12 and 13-14-year-old age-groups. Significant differences in caries prevalence were observed between the high- and low-fluoride areas. In both regions, high and low prevalence of dental caries was observed in the primary and permanent teeth, respectively.
authors: Faculty of Dentistry for Children, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Haikel
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Cahen
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Turlot
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Frank
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D005459:Fluorides