Lim K A
Ann Acad Med Singap. 1986 Jul;15(3):275-9.
Dental health surveys on Singapore children and youths are reviewed. The survey data showed that Singapore youths had a reduction in DMFT of approximately 55% from 1954 to 1968 while the 1979 survey results showed a small increase in DMFT when compared with 1968 data. In the case of school children the DMFT had dropped from 2.98 in 1970 and 2.61 in 1979 to 1.97 in 1984 for the whole group. The decline in caries incidence could be attributed to water fluoridation, the school dental health programme and dental health education.
对新加坡儿童和青少年的口腔健康调查进行了回顾。调查数据显示，从1954年到1968年，新加坡青少年的恒牙龋失补牙数（DMFT）减少了约55%，而1979年的调查结果显示，与1968年的数据相比，DMFT略有增加。就学龄儿童而言，整个群体的DMFT从1970年的2.98和1979年的2.61降至1984年的1.97。龋齿发病率的下降可归因于饮水氟化、学校口腔健康计划和口腔健康教育。
