A STUDY ON THE DENTAL CARIES PREVALENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHUNGJU (IV)

Cha,  Moon-Ho

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 22(12); 1984 > Article

Journal of Korean Dental Association 1984;22(12):1059-1066.
Published online December 31, 1984.

청주지역 학동의 치아우식증에 관한 연구 (IV)

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서울대학교 치과대학

A STUDY ON THE DENTAL CARIES PREVALENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHUNGJU (IV)

Moon-Ho Cha

Dept. of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.

Abstract

As an appraisal of Water Fluoridation Program in Chungju, fluoride content in the water of that city was examined, and 1176 K primary school children aged from 6 to 13 were surveyed on their oral hygiene status. The results were as followings: 1. Fluoride content ............ 0.8 ppm 2. dmf rate ............ 59.27% DMF rate ............ 39.46% 3. dmf t rate/index ............ 27.75%/2.40 dmf s rate/index ............ 11.91%/5.14 4. DMF T rate/index ............ 6.12%/0.93 DMF S rate/index ............ 1.65%/1.26