[Caries in 6 to 12-year old children in 6 towns of Usl n. 16 of Modena].

A "screening" done by the "Servizio Materno Infantile" of Modena relative to children from 6 to 12 years old during 1988-89 is described. The research is referred to 1454 children 6 years old attending the second year of the secondary school. For the evaluation of the level of the dental health have been used the Oms Index. The results are very comforting: the 54% of the 6 years old children have sound teeth, but from the dmft Index with a value of 1.6 comes out the trend not to cure the caries of the deciduous teeth. Very few are the cases of 6 years old children with caries of the permanent teeth. At 12 years the percentage of children with sound teeth is lower (34%), however analyzing the DMFT Index (1.9) appears a very high degree of attention towards the dental care.