Brown L J, Kaste L M, Selwitz R H, Furman L J
Division of Epidemiology and Oral Disease Prevention, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, MD 20892-6401, USA.
J Am Dent Assoc. 1996 Mar;127(3):335-43. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1996.0203.
This article provides estimates of dental caries and dental sealant use among U.S. children and adolescents, obtained from Phase 1 (1988-1991) of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. More than 60 percent of children under the age of 10 years had a caries-free primary dentition; among children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years, about 55 percent had a caries-free permanent dentition. The highest percentages of dental caries among children and adolescents continue to be distributed disproportionally among about 25 percent of the U.S. population. Fewer than one in five U.S. children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years had one or more sealed permanent teeth.
本文提供了美国儿童和青少年龋齿及牙面窝沟封闭剂使用情况的估计数据，这些数据来自第三次全国健康与营养检查调查的第一阶段（1988 - 1991年）。10岁以下儿童中，超过60%的乳牙列无龋齿；在5至17岁的儿童和青少年中，约55%的恒牙列无龋齿。儿童和青少年中龋齿发生率最高的情况仍不成比例地分布在美国约25%的人口中。在5至17岁的美国儿童和青少年中，每五人中不到一人有一颗或多颗恒牙做了窝沟封闭。
