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VULNERABILITY OF SPECIFIC CORONAL TOOTH SURFACES TO DENTAL CARIES IN SAUDI VERSUS NON SAUDI POPULATION RESIDING IN JEDDAH VULNERABILITY OF SPECIFIC CORONAL TOOTH SURFACES TO DENTAL CARIES IN SAUDI VERSUS NON SAUDI POPULATION RESIDING IN JEDDAH |
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OBJECtlVE:'Dental caries;'isan.anci~mtdiseM~ that is p,re.sentindiscriminately all over'the,W'orld.Research on.
d,entalcanes di.stributfonon permane~t teeth sUrfacesainong Saudis is non-existent.
:.PATmNJ'S ~MET:aQDS: AnaduH group of250 Saudi and 250 non-'saudigroups with age range'of 18years
arid above were Jandomly selected and their teeth were cHnicallyexamined for Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth
sUrfaces~MFS).F or each patienta bitewing radiograph was taken for interproximalcaries detectior,:.
Age range of ~hestudygroup was 18-50 years..the .meanDMFT was 10.4.and 11.2Jor Saudi and
di subjectSre~p~ctively.1he DMF1:.increasedWith age m both groups. The upper posterior decayed teeth
1sb,pwed.higherpercentage than the lower with more occlusal caries than proximal. Significance was preseJIt1nthe
number of Missing Teeth (MT) between both groups for teeth extracted due to caries. The upper premohirs had a
higher u:umberofdecayed, missing and filled teeth.thanlower premolars. . . .
C9N'CLUSION: Adults above 18 years of age are highly suscept:lbleto caries. J:he need;on the establishment of
new...stt a t egt."e.sflo 'rP.f.ev'.ent'iv 'e. den. tal. car e shou Idb e dir' ec t e dtowar d individuals as se ssed to b e.a t"high ri Sk:
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KEYWOI:illS; Coro~alcanes, DMFT,DMFS, pattern, permanent. |
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Journal of The Pakistan Dental Association |
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15 |
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4 |
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2006 AH
2006 AD |
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Article |
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Friday, January 4, 2008 |
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