[Incidence of caries and degree of dental hygiene in nursery school children of the City of Heidelberg and the Rhine-Neckar district].

A study conducted by the Heidelberg Public Health authorities shows that mass examinations by dental surgeons in kindergartens enhance the degree of "cleanup" achieved in "first teeth" sets. The continual contact between Public Health authorities and the kindergartens also results in motivating the educationists to promote increased inclusion of the subject "Teeth and Health of the Human Denture" in the kindergarten itineraries. Special prophylaxis programmes will have to be worked out in future for a small group of children in whom dental caries is particularly active, since such children are not covered by group prophylactic measures.