[Clinical and radiological studies on the distribution of caries on the various milk molar surfaces in children aged 1-7 years].

The present paper deals with the results of clinical and radiographic examinations of 1996 children from nurseries and nursery schools, performed for the purpose of disclosing the caries experience of the deciduous molars and of their surfaces (subdivided into occlusal, mesial and distal surfaces) with regard to age. In the children from nurseries, caries was mainly experienced by the occlusal surfaces. In the children from nursery schools, caries occurred both occlusally and proximally. As to the first deciduous molars, caries was experienced more often distally (35.9%) than mesially (11.7%). The reverse held true for the second deciduous molars (distally, 7.0%; mesially, 31.7%).