[Oral health perspective in children and adolescents]

Members of a panel gave their opinions on future developments affecting the prevalence for caries and gingivitis among the Dutch youth (0-34). For the younger age groups a small increase of the dmf-t count was expected by the members of the panel, which was in line with the results of a simulation model. For the oldest group the model showed a smaller decrease for the DMF-T count then the panel members forecasted.