A Study on the Dental Caries Prevalence of Primary School Children in Chungju (III)

Cha,  Moon-Ho

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 21(12); 1983 > Article

Journal of Korean Dental Association 1983;21(12):979-984.
Published online December 31, 1983.

청주지역 학동의 치아우식증에 관한 연구(III)

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서울대학교 치과대학

A Study on the Dental Caries Prevalence of Primary School Children in Chungju (III)

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 1317 K primary school children aged from 6 to 13 were surveyed on their oral hygiene status. The results were as follows: 1. Fluoride content ....................... 0.8 ppm 2. dmfrate ..................................... 81.17% DMF rate .......................................... 38.88% 3. dmf t rate/index ................................ 29.17%/2.55 dmf s rate/index ............................... 14.33%/6.27 4. DMF T rate/index ............................. 6.32%/0.92 DMF S rate/index ............................ 1.86%/1.35