[Prevention of caries in a district. Comparison of a target group with a control group at 7 years]

In the trial of the Ussl n. 19 it is developing since a period a specific program for prevention of the caries on a target group (Progetto città murata). For the verification of the efficiency, it was compared the oro-dental situation of the same group in a territory near and similar in socio-economic characteristics. It was emerged a better oro-dental situation in the target group with respect to the control-group. In fact the children who have undergone the therapy of the PCM do not only demonstrate better indices of DMF at seven years, but also a major adhesion to the fluorophylaxis.