Comparative study of oral health status between Scottish and Japanese schoolchildren aged6–11 years

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - Tập 20 Số 6 - Trang 354-358 - 1992
Masami Yonemitsu1, P Sutcliffe2
1Department of Preventive Dentistry and Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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AbstractThis study was carried out to examine and compare the differences in oral health status between Scottish (Fife) and Japanese (Motoyoshi) primary schoolchildren, and also to analyse some factors concerned with the differences found. It was observed that caries experience is higher in Motoyoshi than in Fife, despite Fife schoolchildren having poorer oral cleanliness and consuming snacks more frequently. However, Fife children had more fissure sealants and brushed their teeth more frequently with fluoridated dentifrice than did Motoyoshi children. The sugar content of snacks consumed by Motoyoshi children was higher than that of the Scots. Gingivitis (PMA positive rate) was higher in Fife than in Motoyoshi, and it was also noted that Fife children were less independent than Motoyoshi children in their daily behaviour.

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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Tập 20 Số 6

354-358

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