Ekman A
Department of Pedodontics, University of Umeå, Sweden.
Swed Dent J. 1990;14(2):93-9.
In this study the development of dental caries was observed in Finnish immigrant children between 5 and 8 years of age. Baseline variables that could predict caries were identified. Dental health in this group of Finnish immigrant children was already very poor at the age of 5 and deteriorated further up to 8 years of age, when only 4% of the children were caries free. In the last three years, 48% had participated in an individualized prevention programme (average 0.6 hours). Using the parents' dental status as a predictor gave a higher percentage of correct classifications than the use of dmfs.
在这项研究中，观察了5至8岁芬兰移民儿童龋齿的发展情况。确定了可预测龋齿的基线变量。这群芬兰移民儿童在5岁时牙齿健康状况就已经很差，到8岁时进一步恶化，此时只有4%的儿童没有龋齿。在过去三年中，48%的儿童参加了个性化预防项目（平均0.6小时）。将父母的牙齿状况作为预测指标比使用乳牙龋失补牙面数（dmfs）能得到更高百分比的正确分类。
