Percentages of lifetime caries experience retained by eight systems of partial DMF-recording |
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| Authors: | Thomas M. Marthaler Marcel Steiner |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Applied Prevention, Department of Cariology, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Dental Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Eight partial recording systems were compared. Averages of D(M)FS experience retained by the different systems ranged from 81.0 to 93.6%. The percentages of D(M)FS experience retained varied when the systems were applied on different data on canes occurrence by surfaces. Most systems gave a fairly accurate assessment of the caries reduction in Norwegian schoolchildren due to war-time dietary restrictions. |
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| Keywords: | dental caries DMF-recording |
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