The Brisbane Statistical Division Survey of Adult Dental Health 1984

The Brisbane Statistical Division Survey of Adult Dental Health 1984

Comparisons with surveys carried out in Australia and elsewhere indicate an improving dental health situation with a very much smaller proportion, particularly in younger age groups, losing all natural teeth, and with numbers of decayed, missing, and filled teeth reflecting the improvement already d...

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Published in:Australian dental journal Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 218 - 223
Main Authors: Powell, R. N., McEniery, T. M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-06-1988
Subjects:
Public health dentistry
survey comparisons
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Summary:Comparisons with surveys carried out in Australia and elsewhere indicate an improving dental health situation with a very much smaller proportion, particularly in younger age groups, losing all natural teeth, and with numbers of decayed, missing, and filled teeth reflecting the improvement already documented in schoolchildren. As with other recent studies, the proportion of subjects displaying generalized severe forms of periodontal disease was low. The single most important dental treatment need was the removal of calculus.
ISSN:0045-0421
1834-7819
DOI:10.1111/j.1834-7819.1988.tb01317.x