title: The progression of dental disease in Omani schoolchildren.
abstract: Following the first National Oral Health Survey of Omani 12-year-olds in 1993, in 1996 a follow-up survey was performed of the same cohort of subjects as 15-year-olds. The mean DMFT was found to have doubled from 1.5 to 3.2. The oral hygiene status remained poor with only a slight increase of those scored as plaque-free from 11% to 19% whilst the number of children reportedly with supra-gingival lingual calculus had risen from 28.5% to 42.5%.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Ismaily
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Busaidy
authors.forename: Alyaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Khussaiby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000453:epidemiology; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*