Professional paper
The Prevalence of Dental Caries in Preschool Children in Zagreb
Olga Lulić-Dukić
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sunčana Kišić
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental caries in children aged 3- to 6-years, living in Zagreb. The study was carried out at the end of 1994, and 117 girls and 117 boys were examined. Results show that the prevalence of dental caries is very high in all age groups. DMF-T-index varies from 3.29 to 7.39 and depends on age and sex. The share of children who are caries-free is almost insignificant (31% 3 years old, 11% 6 years old). The conclusion is that the WHO-recommendation for the year 2000 of 50% caries free children for Croatian children 5 year old is far in the future.
Keywords
prevalence caries; Zagreb; preschool children
Hrčak ID:
98720
URI
Publication date:
15.12.1996.
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