title: [Epidemiologic study of dental caries in the school population of the provinces of Ille-et-Vilaine, Eure, Orne, Calvados and Manche].
abstract: An epidemiological study of 1,063 schoolchildren aged 6 to 15 years, from the Departments of Ille et Vilaine, Eure, Orne, Calvados and Manche was conducted of dental caries prevalence and incidence according to sex and urban or rural origin of the children. The DMFT index was respectively 0.34, 2.02, 3.85 and 6.51 at the age of 6, 9, 12 and 15 years. The DMFS index was 0.52 at 6 years and 11.32 at 15 years. At the age of 6, 84.5% of the children were free of caries whereas this percentage was only of 5.1% at the age of 15.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches Odontologiques, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Rennes.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Delattre
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Resmond-Richard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Etude épidémiologique de la carie dentaire dans la population scolaire des départements d'Ille et Vilaine, de l'Eure, de l'Orne, du Calvados et de la Manche.