title: Another perspective on children's dental needs and demand for services during the 1980s.
abstract: In 1984, more than one million acute dental conditions were reported for children younger than five years old, with 630,000 for children between five and seventeen years old. These represent almost five million restricted-activity days; more than 1.6 million days in bed; and 1.7 million missed school days.
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D003752:Dental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students; D014481:United States