Schwarz E, Hansen E R
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1979 Apr;7(2):107-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01195.x.
The purpose of this report is to describe certain features of the child dental health care in Denmark. The caries picture and the caries distribution pattern in Danish children aged 2--15 years are demonstrated and some regional variations are analyzed. The study is based on epidemiologic data collected in the school year 1977--78 from about 500 000 children being treated in accordance with the Child Dental Care Act. The data collection is being effectuated annually under a child dental health recording system, and the aim and function of this system is discussed. The mean defs- and DMFS-indices are illustrated for individual age groups reflecting the natural history of dental caries. Certain trends in relation to different geographical distributions of caries and in relation to different cohorts of children from 1972 to 1977 are discussed. The analysis of the caries picture is extended by means of the distribution pattern according to caries severity zones. Finally, the use of caries epidemiologic data for planning and resource allocation purposes is illustrated and some policy implications for the development of the child dental health services in Denmark are discussed.
本报告旨在描述丹麦儿童牙科保健的某些特征。展示了2至15岁丹麦儿童的龋齿情况和龋齿分布模式，并分析了一些地区差异。该研究基于1977 - 1978学年根据《儿童牙科保健法》接受治疗的约50万名儿童收集的流行病学数据。数据收集是在儿童牙科健康记录系统下每年进行的，并讨论了该系统的目的和功能。给出了反映龋齿自然史的各年龄组的平均龋失补牙面数（defs）和龋均（DMFS）指数。讨论了与龋齿不同地理分布以及1972年至1977年不同儿童队列相关的某些趋势。根据龋齿严重程度区域的分布模式对龋齿情况分析进行了扩展。最后，说明了龋齿流行病学数据在规划和资源分配方面的用途，并讨论了对丹麦儿童牙科保健服务发展的一些政策影响。
