title: Oral health in Israel--a review of surveys over several decades.
abstract: This review covers oral health surveys carried out in various communities in Israel over four decades. The general trends were for increasing caries prevalence from early surveys in the 1950s and 1960s up to the 1980s as evidenced by the rising DMFT. Treatment levels had increased since the 1980s, and there is a national decrease in caries experience. But there were still some communities and social groups with levels of untreated caries and other treatment needs. There is a continued need for strengthened oral health promotion and other preventive oral health measures at a community and public health level.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feingold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Setcos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003752:Dental Health Services; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005457:Fluoridation; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000453:epidemiology; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D015995:Prevalence