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Home Dental caries in Danish children: 1988-2001

Dental caries in Danish children: 1988-2001

Authors:

  • S. Poulsen
    Department of Community Oral Health and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus
  • M. Malling Pedersen
    National Board of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

ABSTRACT


Aim

To report national data on dental caries in Danish children and adolescents from 1988 to 2001. Study design
Descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological study.

Methods

Data on dental caries for 5, 7, 12 and 15 year old individuals reported
from 1988 to 2001 to the database established by the Danish National Board of Health.

Results

Caries has decreased in all four age
groups, but the decrease levelled out by the end of the period. The relative decrease is less in the primary dentition than in the
permanent dentition. The shift to the left of the distribution of 15 year olds according to DMFS is marked, while the distribution of 5 year
old children according to dmfs is almost unchanged. Mean number of non-cavitated lesions is slightly more than one, but the distribution
is very skewed. A 50 decrease in mean DMFS for 15 year old children was found for most of the counties.

Conclusion

Caries has decreased in Danish children and adolescents from 1988 to 2001. In relative terms, the decrease is less in the primary
dentition than in the permanent dentition. The decrease seems to have taken place across the entire country.

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Publication date:

Dec /2002

Keywords:

caries, danish children

Issue:

Vol.3 – n.4/2002

Page:

195 – 198

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: S. Poulsen, M. Malling Pedersen (2002) "Dental caries in Danish children: 1988-2001", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 3(4), pp195-198. doi:
Vancouver: S. Poulsen, M. Malling Pedersen. Dental caries in Danish children: 1988-2001. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2002Dec.1 [cited 2025May.12];3(4):195-198. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/dental-caries-in-danish-children-1988-2001/
MLA: S. Poulsen, M. Malling Pedersen Dental caries in Danish children: 1988-2001. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2002;3(4):195-198

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