The Study of the Caries Experience of Korean Mental Disorders

Kim,  Nam-Kyu

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 17(2); 1979 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1979;17(2):141-145.
Published online February 28, 1979.

정신장애자의 치아우식병역학적 조사 연구

김남규

국립정신병원

The Study of the Caries Experience of Korean Mental Disorders

Nam-Kyu Kim

Dept. of Dentistry, National Mental Hospital

Abstract

The author, through oral examination, had surveyed the caries experienced teeth in 250 Korean mental Disorders(153 males and 97 fameles) who took it a rule consume a Vegetable diet and had litte chance to Consume refimed Corbohydrates, unlike the Common populars. DMF rate DMFT rate index DT rate MT rate and FT rate had been calculated and Compared with Common Popular's in same ages group. Following are the obtained results 1. In the mental Disorders, Caries experience rate was 52.19% 2. D.M.F. rate and index were lower in the females than in the males 3. The Caries experience rate in the mental Disorders was lower than in the Common Populars 4. In the mental Disorders the F.T. rate was higher in females than in males D.T. rate higher in males than in females and MT rate, lower in males than in females 5. In generally D.T. rate in the mental Disorders was lower than in Controls, M.T. rate resembled as Controls and F.T. rate higher