Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) in KwaZulu and Namibia in 11-year-old children in 1988 |
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| Authors: | J A Hargreaves P Cleaton-Jones J Matejka D Beere V Hargreaves |
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| Affiliation: | Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | A sample of 603 11-year-old children from four low fluoride (less than 0.15 ppm) and one higher fluoride (1.56 ppm) communities in Namibia and KwaZulu were examined in 1988 using the CPITN. In a rural low fluoride community in Namibia only 6 per cent of children had healthy mouths compared with 42-58 per cent in the other communities. The main periodontal lesion seen was gingival bleeding (19-47 per cent) followed by calculus (6-47 per cent). There is a need for both oral hygiene improvement and simple intervention. |
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