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[Evaluation of dental caries in 6-year old students in the Manresa basic area (Barcelona)]
1Area Básica de Salud 4, Manresa, Barcelona.
Objective:
To find the state of buccal-dental health of the 6-year old population attending the schools belonging to Manresa area 4.
Design:
Four crossover, observational, epidemiological studies performed over the last 4 years (1995-1999).
Setting:
Health Area 4, Sagrada Familia, in the city of Manresa, Barcelona.
Participants:
489 students doing the first year of primary school in the schools belonging to Manresa area 4 from 1995-1999.
Measurements And Main Results:
There was 29.81% prevalence of caries (31.88% in boys and 27.85% in girls). The COD index (deciduous dentition) was 1.075 (1.25 in boys and 0.90 in girls) and the CAOD index (permanent dentition) was 0.115 (0.127 in boys and 0.104 in girls).
Conclusions:
Results showed low indices of caries if we compare them with the WHO Health programme target for the year 2000 of restricting caries to under 50% of six-year old children. However, this is below target 46 in the Catalonia Health Plan, which set for the year 2000 a target of 75% of six-year old school-children free of caries.