The decline in dental caries among children of different ages in Korea, 2000-2006

To determine the prevalence of dental caries in Korean children with time after the introduction of the nationwide public oral health programme. Cross sectional oral health surveys of children aged from 6-16 years carried out in 2000 and 2006. After stratified cluster sampling, 11,947 (2000) and 9,7...

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Published in:International dental journal 2010-10, Vol.60 (5), p.329-335
Main Authors: HAN, Dong-Hun, KIM, Jin-Bom, PARK, Deok-Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dentistry
DMF Index
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Health Promotion
Health Status
Humans
Life Style
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Oral Health
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Pit and Fissure Sealants - therapeutic use
Prevalence
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Urban Health - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:To determine the prevalence of dental caries in Korean children with time after the introduction of the nationwide public oral health programme. Cross sectional oral health surveys of children aged from 6-16 years carried out in 2000 and 2006. After stratified cluster sampling, 11,947 (2000) and 9,740 (2006) children aged 6-16 years of age were examined at school. DMFT and fissure sealants were recorded according to the WHO criteria. The significant Caries Index (SiC index) was calculated. DMFT, SiC index, and the prevalence of fissure sealants. The mean DMFT scores for the 12-year-old Koreans decreased from 2.86 in 2000 to 2.16 in 2006. The prevalence of caries free permanent dentition also increased in the same period. The average SiC index from 6-16 years also decreased. There was a 20% prevalence of subjects with fissure sealants in 9-11-year-old children in 2000. The corresponding figures increased to 40% in 2006. The oral health of Korean children improved considerably between 2000 and 2006 through improvement in lifestyle and the strong public oral health programme, which should be continued in order to improve oral health in Korea
ISSN:0020-6539
1875-595X
DOI:10.1922/IDJ-2465Kim07