The relationship between caries experience in the deciduous molars at 5 years and in first permanent molars of the same child at 7 years
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Published on: February 2, 2018
M M Gray1, M D Marchment, R J Anderson
1Dudley and Walsall Health Authorities, Ashwoodhay, West Midlands.
Abstract:
The sensitivity and specificity of predictors of caries in the first permanent molars based on caries experience in the deciduous molars were tested, using longitudinal data derived from a group of 565 children examined at the ages of 5 and 7 years. The best predictor of caries experience in the first permanent molars at the age of 7 years in this group of children was found to be caries experience in three or more deciduous molars at the age of five.
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