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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
dentistry
Measuring dental caries in the mixed dentition by ICDAS
International Journal of Dentistry, Article 150424, Year 2011
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Caries has traditionally been assessed with WHO criteria including only obvious caries lesions. ICDAS has been developed to detect also the enamel caries lesions. This study aims to study caries and the associations of the number of caries lesions between the permanent and primary molars with ICDAS in the mixed dentition of the first and second grade primary school children. The clinical examinations of 485 children were conducted by four examiners with high reproducibility (inter- and intraexaminer kappas >0.9). The mean number of caries lesionsespecially dentine cariesseemed to be higher in the second primary molars than in the first permanent molars. There were significant correlations between the number of lesions on occlusal and lingual surfaces between the primary and permanent molars. Enamel caries lesions, restorations, and caries experience did not increase according to age. Therefore, caries might be increasing in this population. As a conclusion, ICDAS recording seems to give appropriate information from the occurrence of caries lesions and its correlations between the primary and permanent teeth and surfaces. Copyright © 2011 Eino Honkala et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Honkala, Eino J.
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Kuwait University
Runnel, Riina
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Honkala, Sisko
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Kuwait University
Olak, Jana
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Vahlberg, Tero Juhani
Finland, Turku
Lääketieteellinen Tiedekunta
Saag, M. K.
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Mäkinen, Kauko K.
Finland, Turku
Lääketieteellinen Tiedekunta
Statistics
Citations: 58
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1155/2011/150424
ISSN:
16878728
e-ISSN:
16878736
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study