title: Patterns of change and results overview 1985/6-1995/6 from the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) coordinated National Health Service surveys of caries prevalence.
abstract: This paper collates the results of all the surveys conducted under the BASCD coordinated National Health Service surveys of caries prevalence conducted between 1985/86 and 1995/96. First the patterns of change in the dental health of 5-year-old children are considered for the period 1987-1995. Then the patterns of change in the dental health of adolescents between 1988-1994 are examined and summarised. Lastly summary tables present key data from the last 10 years of survey results grouped by variable.
authors.affiliation: Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Nugent
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D015995:Prevalence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology