Caries prevalence and treatment needs of healthy and medically compromised children at a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia
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الملخص
We examined the caries prevalence and treatment needs of medically compromised and healthy paediatric patients attending the dental clinic of a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia. The medical records of 175 healthy and 211 medically compromised 5-year-old Saudi children were reviewed. Data was extracted on clinical status and number of decayed, extracted and filled teeth [deft score]. A total of 91.9% of medically compromised and 84.0% of healthy children had evidence of caries. Mean deft score was 9.91 for medically compromised and 6.25 for healthy children. A high proportion of carious teeth [79%] were untreated, with no significant difference between the 2 groupsالإستشهاد
Brown, A. (2009). Caries prevalence and treatment needs of healthy and medically compromised children at a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 15 (2), 378-386, 2009 https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117649