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In order to appreciate the school dental services of the primary, middle, and high school and to get the basic data for the university dental service programs in Korea, the author had examined the oral health status of 1,300 freshmen in S University. Then, the followed results were obtained from the calculation and evaluation of DEMT index, DT index, MT index, FT index, DT rate, MT rate, FT rate, debris deposit rate, calculus deposit rate, periodontal disease rate, and abnormal jaw relation rate. 1. DMFT index in the freshmen was higher than that of the Korean youth in the same age. 2. It seems the above result to be appeared from the influence of the intake of the more carbohydrate foods in the freshmen. 3. In the freshmen, MT rate was lower, and FT rate higher than in the Korean youth in the same age. 4. The oral hygiene condition was good in 3.15% of the freshmen. 5. Calculus was not deposited in 8.69% of the freshmen. 6. In 9.69% of the freshmen, the periodontium was healthy. 7. In Korea, the school dental services in the primary, middle, and high schools must be improved. 8. There was the abnormal jaw relation in 12.92% of the freashmen.
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