title: Dental caries profile in Monte Negro, Amazonian state of Rondônia, Brazil, in 2008.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This epidemiological survey assessed the dental caries profile in Monte Negro, a small town in the Amazonian state of Rondônia, Brazil, and its relationship with the northern region, national and global goals for oral health in the years 2000 and 2020.
  
  
  METHODS
  The groups randomly examined were composed of individuals aged 5, 12, 15 to 19, 35 to 44, 65 to 74 years, living in both rural and urban areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The means dft (standard deviation) and DMFT (standard deviation) for the groups were, respectively, 3.15 (3.12), 3.41 (2.69), 5.96 (4.19), 16.00 (7.30) and 25.96 (9.82). Caries-free individuals were 34.42%, 14.81% and 8.16% in the preschoolchildren, schoolchildren and adolescent groups, respectively. The Significant Caries Index percentages applied to the two younger groups were 6.65 and 6.70, and they increased to 32.00 in the individuals aged 65 to 74 years. Care Index percentages for adolescents, adults and elderly groups were, respectively, 29.40, 25.00 and 1.41. The dental caries profile in Monte Negro in 2008 shows that, 8 years after the year 2000, no FDI/WHO goal for any age settled in 1982 has been achieved. Dental caries increased with age and the main dental problem of adult and elderly groups was tooth loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral health promotion and prevention of oral disease policies are urgent needs. Setting of oral health goals and targets to people living in Monte Negro or Amazonia to be pursuit and achieved in a near future is an important action to do because of the culture, sanitary conditions and socioeconomic aspects of this particular population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Community Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roosevelt Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Ricardo Pianta Rodrigues
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Adelson Francisco
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Maia-Junior
authors.forename: Fábio Silva
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merlini
authors.forename: Magali Lourdes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Caldana
authors.forename: José Roberto Pereira
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lauris
authors.forename: José Roberto Magalhães
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bastos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult