Yassin I, Low T
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1975 Aug;3(4):179-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00304.x.
A dental health survey of 15,197 schoolchildren age 6-18 years was conducted in West Malaysia. The caries experience in the permanent teeth of the three racial groups, namely Malay, Chinese and Indian/Pakistani, showed a distinct variation. The prevalence was highest among the Chinese children, being about twice that of the Malay and Indian/Pakistani children. In the primary dentition, however, the caries experience in the three racial groups was comparable. An analysis of the factors contributing to the racial variation showed that dietary influence was not the only factor responsible. The possibility of a racial variation in caries susceptibility has been postulated. In the primary dentition the similar caries experience observed in the three groups of children was most probably due to the widespread occurrence of rampant caries which would heavily weight the dift score of the children in all three groups. The need to fluoridate the public water supply as an effective preventive measure is emphasized.
在马来西亚西部对15197名6至18岁的学童进行了一项牙齿健康调查。三个种族群体，即马来族、华族和印度/巴基斯坦族，恒牙的龋病经历呈现出明显差异。患病率在华族儿童中最高，约为马来族和印度/巴基斯坦族儿童的两倍。然而，在乳牙列中，三个种族群体的龋病经历相当。对导致种族差异的因素进行分析表明，饮食影响并非唯一原因。有人推测龋病易感性可能存在种族差异。在乳牙列中，三组儿童观察到的相似龋病经历很可能是由于猖獗龋的广泛发生，这会严重影响所有三组儿童的乳牙龋失补牙面数得分。强调了对公共供水进行氟化作为一项有效预防措施的必要性。
