[Survey of a Molise school population]

The Authors present the conclusive data of an epidemiologic research conducted into th school population of Oratino, a little village in Molise. The incidence of the caries is very high, with def and DMF indexes that exceed th values referred in similar researches. On th contrary, in the various communities taken as samples, the curves of development of the caries, are noticeably similar, as regard to the age.