title: [An epidemiological study of caries prevalence in the pediatric populations of Vittoria, Acate and Scoglitti (Sicily)].
abstract: An essential introduction for a campaign of health education, to take preventive measures against caries, is to have knowledge of the prevailing situation of the pathology. The research analysed a sample consisting of 1371 pupils attending the "scuole elementari" and the "scuole medie" in the municipal districts of Vittoria, Acate and Scoglitti. The methodological statement consist of an analysis regarding experimental epidemiology. The emerged data, proposed in diagrams and tables, show that caries frequency increases in the pupils' ages, going from a value of 57.7% at the age of 6 to a value of 75.2% at the age of 13; besides, it is statistically meaningful the caries difference with regard to the sex at the age of 13. So the DMF and dmf values, although not alarming point out the necessity of a preventive intervention.
authors.affiliation: Servizio Materno-Infantile, USL 22, Ospedale di Vittoria, Italia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Termini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fidilio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Indagine epidemiologica sulla prevalenza della carie nella popolazione infantile di Vittoria, Acate e Scoglitti (Sicilia).