Caries prevalence and treatment needs of 7- to 10-year-old schoolchildren in southwestern Germany

• Verfasst von: Zerfowski, Martin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Koch, Martin Jean [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Niekusch, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Staehle, Hans Jörg [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Caries prevalence and treatment needs of 7- to 10-year-old schoolchildren in southwestern Germany
• Verf.angabe: Martin Zerfowski, Martin Jean Koch, Uwe Niekusch and Hans Jörg Staehle
• Jahr: 1997
• Umfang: 4 S.
• Teil: volume:25
• Teil: year:1997
• Teil: number:5
• Teil: pages:348-351
• Teil: extent:4
• Fussnoten: Elektronische Reproduktion der Druck-Ausgabe ; First published: 29 May 2006 ; Gesehen am 16.02.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
• Ort Quelle: Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1973
• Jahr Quelle: 1997
• Band/Heft Quelle: 25(1997), 5, Seite 348-351
• ISSN Quelle: 1600-0528
• DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00953.x
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: dental caries
• Sach-SW: epidemiology
• Sach-SW: treatment needs
• K10plus-PPN: 1748378023

Abstract

The caries status of 1784 children aged 7 to 10 years was examined in a cross-sectional, epidemiological study in the Rhine-Neckar-District. Results showed that 30.5% of the children had caries-free primary and 65.2% had caries-free permanent teeth. The d(m)ft index was 2.68, and the D(M)FT averaged 0.76. As in previous studies, a high risk caries group was found, with 10% of all children showing more than 50% of all carious and filled teeth in the permanent dentition. Overall, 45.6% of the children's primary teeth and 16.3% of their permanent teeth needed treatment. As indicated by higher DT:F T (DT:FT) ratios in younger age groups, dentists preferred treating older children. Apart from a higher caries prevalence in primary teeth in males, no significant sex differences were found. Children of rural origin had a higher caries experience. The results confirm previous data showing considerable improvements with a declining caries experience in the young population. But the caries status of German pre-teenage children is still moderately high according to WHO criteria. For further improvements, considerable efforts have to be made with special emphasis on prevention in high risk caries groups.