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A Sheiham

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Changes in the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) after periodontal treatment in a general dental practice.

The result of a study of the effectiveness of treatment of chronic periodontal disease in a general dental practice using CPITN and the time required to treat patients with differing CPITN scores indicated that although there were significant reductions in calculus and shallow pockets, the treatment did not eliminate positive CPITN scores; 41% scored 1, 24% scored 2, and 34% scored 3 or 4 after treatment. Very few patients had 'healthy' periodontal sextants at the first visit; the most frequent CPITN category was 3. Patients in this category took up most of the treatment time. The treatment times per patient were much lower than the estimates of the World Health Organisation for similar treatments.

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A life course approach to assessing causes of dental caries experience: the relationship between biological, behavioural, socio-economic and psychological conditions and caries in adolescents.

The objective of this study was to further elucidate the relationship between relevant biological, behavioural, socio-economic and psychological conditions, experienced in very early life and along the life course, and dental caries experience using the life course approach. A two-phase study was carried out in Brazil. In the first phase, 652 13-year-olds were clinically examined and interviewed. In the second phase, 330 families were randomly selected for interview to collect information on the teenagers' early years of life. Clinical assessment included dental caries, periodontal and traumatic dental injury status. The data analysis involved multiple logistic regression analysis. Adolescents born in a non-brick house, those with a low birth weight and those who were the second or later child in the family were statistically significantly more likely to have a high DMF-T. In conclusion, the results of this study show that there is an association between socio-economic and biological factors in very early life and levels of caries in adolescents.

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