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International Dental Journal, 2000 To describe a new index, the 'Significant Caries Index' (SiC Index) with the intention of focusing attention on those individuals with the highest caries scores in each population.Attention is drawn to the skewed distribution of dental caries within a given population, indicating that there are still large groups of individuals who have considerably ...
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Prevalence of Dental Caries in India among the WHO Index Age Groups: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Introduction: Dental caries is widely prevalent globally but the distribution and severity of dental caries varies across countries and regions. In the absence of surveillance or real time monitoring of dental caries in India, there exist a need to ...
Chandrashekar Janakiram +3 more
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The relationship between maternal characteristics and early childhood caries
Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2020 Introduction: World Oral Health Organization (WHO) targeted in 2010 that 90% of children under five years are caries-free. In 2011, the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) was 6%-90% worldwide. It is still far from the WHO target.
Susi Susi +3 more
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Prevalence and severity of dental caries among 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents
Medicina, 2016 Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of dental caries among 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents and to disclose possible differences in the prevalence and severity of dental caries related to gender, urbanization ...
Miglė Žemaitienė +5 more
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Comparison and relative utility of inequality measurements: as applied to Scotland’s child dental health [PDF]
, 2013 This study compared and assessed the utility of tests of inequality on a series of very large population caries datasets. National cross-sectional caries datasets for Scotland’s 5-year-olds in 1993/94 (n = 5,078); 1995/96 (n = 6,240); 1997/98 (n = 6,584);
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Prevalence of root caries among elders living in residential homes of Bengaluru city, India [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Among the various oral ailments which have been observed in elderly, root caries is a significant one. Tooth loss is chief oral health-related negative variable to the quality of life in elderly and root caries is the major cause of tooth ...
Kumara-Raja, Balasubramanian, Radha, G.
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Dental Research Journal, 2012 Background: Dental caries among preschool children is still a major public health problem in many developing countries including India. Hence the aim of the present study was to find out the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries among 3-5 year old pre ...
Shilpi Singh +3 more
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Trends in dental caries in Indian children for the past 25 years
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2018 Background: The economic liberalization which was started 25 years back in India has led to a rising gross domestic product and per capita income and a decline in poverty.
Abhishek Mehta
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Children, 2023 The purpose of the study was to analyze caries experience in primary and permanent dentition in children up to 15 years of age located in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Marija Obradović +12 more
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Does a social/behavioural gradient in dental health exist among adults? A cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To explore the potential presence of a social/behavioural gradient in dental health among Italian adults using a cross-sectional study. Methods Caries indices were recorded among 480 subjects (52.9% men, 47.1% women) who also completed a ...
Arrica, Mariantonietta +8 more
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