Gingival health and dental cleanliness in english schoolchildren
1960; Elsevier BV; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0003-9969(60)90019-4
ISSN1879-1506
AutoresP M James, D. Jackson, G. L. Slack, F. Lawton,
Tópico(s)Dental Research and COVID-19
Resumo3094 children from Leeds, Liverpool and East Anglia were examined and classified according to standards of gingivitis and dental cleanliness. A preliminary test in which the four examiners classified the same 100 children showed that differences between examiners would invalidate comparisons between the three areas. Internal comparisons were made showing that there was a significant association between gingivitis and dental cleanliness in children of all areas; that in 12 year old children the incidence of good gingival conditions and good dental cleanliness was significantly higher in girls than in boys; and that there was a tendency for boys to deteriorate in gingival health between 11 and 12 years, while girls tended to improve between these ages. One examiner classified standards of gingivitis in 296 children aged 11 and 12 residing in a high fluoride area of East Anglia and 396 similar children in a low fluoride area. No general difference was found in the incidence and severity of gingival conditions between the areas. Where significant differences occurred the children living in the high fluoride area showed better gingival health.
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