Correlation between the Results of Cariostat® at the Time of Permanent Tooth Eruption and the Caries Incidence in the Permanent Dentition in Individuals According to Tooth Groups / 同一個体における永久歯萌出開始時期のカリオスタット®と永久歯歯群別齲蝕罹患状況との相関
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Daisuke Matsui; Hirotoshi Baba; Shohachi Shimooka; 下岡 正八; 松井 大介; 馬場 宏俊
- Source
- 小児歯科学雑誌 / The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dentistry. 2000, 38(3):521
- Subject
- Caries activity
Caries of permanent teeth
Cariostat
Tooth groups
カリオスタット
歯群別
永久歯齲蝕
齲蝕活動性
- Language
- Japanese
- ISSN
- 0583-1199
2186-5078
Cases of dental caries have tended to become less and less serious throughout Japan. The same istrue of Niigata Prefecture. Since 1973, our department has conducted surveys of elementary and juniorhigh school children in a rural community of the prefecture to grasp the state of health in theiroral environment The annual surveys have also found the same tendency.Our research in the same village focused on children who were born between from 1983 and 1986to study the incidence of dental caries. Based on the results obtained up to 1998, we examined thecaries incident in the permanent dentition according to the types of teeth, and at the same time analyzedthe correlation between the scores on the Cariostat test at the time of permanent tooth eruptionand the caries incident in the permanent dentition.