Original scientific paper
The relationship between the DMF of the teeth and the index of oral hygiene in students of dentistry
Zdravko Rajić
; Zavod za dječju i preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb, Jugoslavija
Ančica Pećina-Hrnčević
; Zavod za dječju i preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb, Jugoslavija
Abstract
The authors examined 192 students of dentistry between the ages of 20 to 25 with the aim of investigating the OHI index and attempting to establish its correlation to the DMF of the test subjects. In the statistical elaboration a comparison was made of the relationship of the OHI index in individual groups of students with the DMF of the teeth and vice versa, the DMF of the teeth was compared with the OHI index. While in children a correlation of the indices could be established, it was not possible to prove such a correlation in the students investigated, i. e. in adult test subjects. The authors discuss their own hypotheses of the explanation for the absence of correlation of the OHI index and the DMF of the teeth in adult test subjects.
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106787
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Publication date:
15.12.1975.
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