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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Dental health of groups at risk in Rotterdam and Amsterdam]
N F Reelick1, M E Guldenmundt, T L Filedt Kok-Weimar
1Afdeling Epidemiologie en Beleid, GGD Rotterdam e.o., postbus 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam.
Abstract:
In the Amsterdam and Rotterdam Municipal Health Departments a cohort study at primary schools has been started to evaluate the efficacy of a daily fluoride toothbrushing program and a weekly fluoride mouthrinsing program. Both programs were aimed at groups at risk as far as dental health is concerned. In this article we present the results of the baseline study. At that moment the subjects were six and seven years old. It appears that the average dmfs and the average plaque score were twice as high as those generally found in children of this age group in the Netherlands. If these figures are extrapolated to all primary school children in both cities, it would mean that 40% of the Rotterdam children and 29% of the Amsterdam children are considered to belong to the groups with the highest risk as far as dental health is concerned. These results show that effective preventive measures aimed at the dental health of children are still necessary in the big Dutch cities.
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