| Autor: |
Leske, Gary S., Ripa, Louis W., Barenie, James T. |
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Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology; May1976, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p102-105, 4p |
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Clinical caries examinations, supplemented by bite-wing radiographs, were conducted on 290 schoolchildren. The children ranged from 12 to 15 years of age and were residents of a fluoride-deficient community in New York State. The children were divided into two groups based upon their stated daily toothbrushing frequency, namely, those brushing once or less/day and those brushing twice or more/day. Mean DMFS and DMFT scores were recorded for children in both brushing categories. A trend was noted that more frequent brushing was associated with less caries activity. for females and males-females combined the differences in mean DMFS and DMFT scores between those children brushing two times a day or more were significantly different (P < .01) from the group brushing once a day or less. The caries scores for males in these two brushing groups were marginally significant (P < .05). Ninety percent of the children used fluoride-containing dentifrices. The inverse relationship between brushing frequency and caries activity may be related to the more frequent fluoride contact when the children brush. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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