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- Title
Children's dental healthcare quality using several outcome measures.
- Authors
Mattila, Marja-Leena; Rautava, Päivi;; Paunio, Päivi;; Ojanlatva, Ansa; Hyssälä, Liisa; Helenius, Hans; Sillanpää, Matti; Rautava, Päivi; Paunio, Päivi; Hyssälä, Liisa; Sillanpää, Matti
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to measure the quality of children's dental healthcare from the oral health records of 10-year-olds and from the numbers of children in risk groups. The focus was on dental healthcare and markers of dental records. A representative sample of women expecting their first child was selected in southwestern Finland. Children's dental health, dmft/DMFT = 0, was recorded in 45% of cases with a mean DMFT index of 0.5, and dmft/DMFT > or = 5 in 15%) of the children. Late-appearing caries (caries-free at the age of 5 years but caries-existing thereafter) was present in 31% (258/828) of the children. The focus on restorative dental healthcare was appropriate. The use of sweets was documented in 23% of cases and tooth-brushing in 28%. A total of 26% of the children had gingivitis in every segment. The study illustrates that only one of the targets has bees fully reached.
- Subjects
CHILDREN'S dental care; PEDIATRIC dentistry
- Publication
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2002, Vol 60, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
0001-6357
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1080/000163502753509527