title: [Dental caries prevalence in youth from the Hague. Have the differences in dental health between social groups closed?].
abstract: In 1998 a dental survey amongst 6- and 12-year-old schoolchildren in the Hague was carried out. The 1998-survey showed differences in caries experience between SES groups that had increased in the period 1989-1998. The decline in caries experience among 6-year-old children of low SES groups had come to an end after 1983, whereas among 12-year-old children the decrease in mean DMFS values had stopped in the early nineties. However, the survey showed that during 1989-1998, the percentages of caries-free children in medium and high SES groups continued to rise. Of the medium SES 6- and 12-year-old children, In 1998, the percentage of caries-free 6- and 12-year-old children in medium SES group were 79 and 87, respectively. The comparable results in the high SES group were 87 (6-yr-olds) and 93 (12-yr-olds).
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Preventieve, Sociale Tandheelkunde en Pedodontologie, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Truin
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Rijkom
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Frencken
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bronkhorst
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van 't Hof
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
vernacular_title: Cariësprevalentie bij de Haagse jeugd. Nemen de verschillen in de gebitsgezondheid tussen de milieus toe?