To be able to generalize studies, it is important to know whether responders and nonresponders differ significantly. These data are usually not available. To assess whether responders and nonresponders differed significantly, 319 first and second graders in Greifswald, Germany took part in a compulsory dental school examination. Their parents completed a questionnaire on oral health topics and were asked to decide about their children's participation in a school-based caries prevention program plus anonymous scientific evaluation. The 91 children who were not allowed to participate (nonresponders) were older (mean 8.5 years) than the 228 responders (mean 8.1 years; p < 0.001), mostly because of a few older children having repeated a grade. In an age-adjusted analysis, nonresponders exhibited in 21 of 30 indices of higher caries and plaque values, less preventive measures and a lower rate of participation. The difference in caries in the permanent dentition and fluorosis reached statistical significance. This study suggests that nonresponders to caries prevention programs might comply less with preventive measures and exhibit poorer oral health than responders: a result which has to be taken into account in research and prevention programs in the community.

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[Prediction of learning disorders. A kindergarten and primary school study].

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[Size, structure, and dynamics of bile salt/lecithin mixed micelles (author's transl)].

The structure and size of lecithin/sodium glycocholate mixed micelles was investigated by quasi-elastic laser light scattering and spin label techniques. The investigations are in accordance with a bilayer model for these micelles. The order parameter and the phase transition enthalpy of the micellar bilayer were determined. The lateral and rotational diffusion constants of label molecules are compared with the corresponding diffusion constants in liposomes.

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