Lo G L, Bagramian R A
Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Singapore, Singapore.
Oral Dis. 1997 Jun;3(2):121-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1997.tb00023.x.
Dental health surveys of school children in Singapore from past decades were reviewed to document reductions in prevalence of dental caries.
Surveys were carried out in schools by the Dental Division, Ministry of Health in 1970, 1979, 1984, 1989 and 1994. A sample size of approximately 5000 school children representing 1.2% of the school population aged 6 to 18 years old was examined in each survey.
Survey data showed an increase in the proportion of children free of caries in the permanent dentition from 30% in 1970 to 58.7% in 1994. The DMFT index for 6 to 18 year old children has dropped from 2.98 in 1970, 2.61 in 1979, 1.97 in 1984, 1.61 in 1989 to 1.05 in 1994.
Fluoridation of public water supplies together with the adoption of preventive dental health programmes by the State and professional bodies is credited as the major factor in caries reduction.
回顾过去几十年新加坡学童的口腔健康调查，以记录龋齿患病率的下降情况。
1970年、1979年、1984年、1989年和1994年，新加坡卫生部牙科司在学校开展了调查。每次调查检查了约5000名学童的样本，占6至18岁学童人口的1.2%。
调查数据显示，恒牙列无龋儿童的比例从1970年的30%上升至1994年的58.7%。6至18岁儿童的DMFT指数从1970年的2.98、1979年的2.61、1984年的1.97、1989年的1.61降至1994年的1.05。
公共供水氟化以及国家和专业机构采用预防性口腔健康计划被认为是龋齿减少的主要因素。
