title: Child dental health--is it still good news?
abstract: Dental caries levels in children, according to national surveys, have improved in the last decade. However, there are indications that changes may now be occurring within the overall improving pattern of child dental health.
authors.affiliation: Dental Public Health Unit, Somerset Health Authority, Taunton.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology