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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Comparison of caries in 6-7 year old saudi girls attending public and armed forces schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Magda Mansour, BDS, MSc
The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence of caries among 6-7 year old Saudi school girls attending the public and Armed Forces schools in Riyadh and to provide baseline data for future interventions in the development of oral health care. Three public and three Armed Forces schools were randomly selected and 100 children from each type of school were examined. Mean dmft for girls attending public schools was 6.0 (SD ±3.7) and was 8.1 (SD +4.1) for Armed Forces schools while caries-free dentitions were 7.1% and 3.0%, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the means for dmft (P<0.01) and those for caries-free children (P<0.05), among the two types of schools examined. Clearly, there is a real need for oral health promotion and care for the Saudi school girls 6-7 years of age.
Saudi Dental Journal 2000;12(1):33-36.
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