title: [The investigation of the condition of oral cavity among the schoolchildren of 5th-6th grade].
abstract: The data of dental caries prevalence and intensity among schoolchildren of the fifth-sixth grade of six schools in Vilnius were analyzed. It was found that 83% of 908 investigated schoolchildren had carious teeth, 75.9% of them had dental caries in the permanent teeth and 7.1% in the milkteeth (permanent teeth were healthy). The dental caries of permanent teeth was 6.2% more frequent among the girls in comparison with the boys and was 5.8% more frequent among the Lithuanian pupils in comparison with investigated pupils of other nationalities. The prevalence of caries increased with the schoolchildren age and was 20.6% more frequent among 13-year old pupils in comparison with the 11-year old. The intensity of caries increased with the age and was higher among the pupils with bad oral hygiene, which was found in 19.5% of investigated schoolchildren.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. birute.simkuniene@mf.vu.lt
authors.forename: Birute
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simkūniene
authors.forename: Birute
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliskeviciene
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index; D012737:Sex Factors