Quinteros Orrego I
Odontol Chil. 1989 Apr;37(1):191-6.
An epidemiological study on caries prevalence was undertaken on school children and pre-school children aged from 2 to 14 years, of Monte Patria, a small city located in the North of Chile, following the criteria established by the World Health Organization. It was found that the 90.54% of the studied sample had caries, the 21% of the patients lost permanent teeth due to caries, and the presence of filled teeth was detected only in 1.75% of the children. DMFT index of the sample was 5.16 and dmft index was 4.60.
按照世界卫生组织制定的标准，对智利北部一座小城蒙特帕特里亚2至14岁的学童和学龄前儿童进行了一项龋齿患病率的流行病学研究。结果发现，90.54%的研究样本患有龋齿，21%的患者因龋齿失去恒牙，仅1.75%的儿童有补牙情况。样本的恒牙龋失补指数（DMFT）为5.16，乳牙龋失补指数（dmft）为4.60。
