The prevalence and treatment of dental caries among israeli permanent force military personnel

A survey was conducted to determine dental caries prevalence and treatment among 1,095 25- to 44-year-old permanent force Israeli military personnel. Caries experience, by decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth (DMFT), was 11.66, with an average of 1.37 untreated caries, 2.40 extracted teeth,...

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Published in:Military medicine 1999-08, Vol.164 (8), p.562-565
Main Authors: SGAN-COHEN, H. D, HOREV, T, ZUSMAN, S. P, KATZ, J, ELDAD, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Age groups
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Clinics
Comprehensive Dental Care - organization & administration
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Caries - therapy
Dental health
Dental insurance
DMF Index
Epidemiology
Female
Gender
General aspects
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Humans
Independent variables
Israel - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Military Dentistry - methods
Military Dentistry - organization & administration
Military personnel
Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Teeth
Tropical medicine
Variance analysis
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Summary:A survey was conducted to determine dental caries prevalence and treatment among 1,095 25- to 44-year-old permanent force Israeli military personnel. Caries experience, by decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth (DMFT), was 11.66, with an average of 1.37 untreated caries, 2.40 extracted teeth, and 7.90 treated teeth. Caries was positively associated with age (p < 0.001). Females demonstrated statistically higher DMFT levels than males (p = 0.009). Negative associations were detected for education levels and untreated and extracted components (p < 0.001), and a positive association was detected for the treated caries component (p < 0.001). Permanent military personnel treated by private dentists exhibited 17.6% untreated caries, compared with 9.4% among personnel treated in the army. Officers had lower levels of untreated caries (8.6%) than others (13.3%). Among the present population, 77% had attended a dental clinic in the preceding 2 years. Permanent force personnel are offered free, comprehensive, and accessible dental treatment. The data emphasize a need for further dental health education.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/164.8.562