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KMID : 1157520140100030165
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2014 Volume.10 No. 3 p.165 ~ p.178
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A Survey of Dental Caries in Mongolia in 2014
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Yun Sung-Wook
Shin Seung-Chul
Chang Yeon-Soo
Kim Ho-Kil
Sohn Sun-Joo
Kim Jung-Kyu
Park Soo-Jung
Yoo Hyun-Jun
Cho Ja-Won
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Abstract
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Objective: The authors had conducted the oral health survey of Mongolian people with dual methods as direct oral examina-tion by trained dentists and indirect method through taking the intra oral photos of the subjects by use of Nikon digital cam-era, in order to interpretate the image for finding the caries states of the subject people.
Methods: One thousand three hundred seven persons of subject were examined in this dental survey, and classified with age distribution as 5, 9, 12, 15, 20s, 40s, and 60s years old at urban area of Ulaanbaatar area and the others at the rural areas at Bornuur as steppe area and at Mandalgovi as desert area.
Results: Primary decayed tooth (dt), primary filled tooth (ft), and primary decayed, filled tooth (dft) index of Mongolian 5 years old were calculated as 6.25±4.56, 1.09±2.17, and 7.34±4.69 as high in caries incidence without treatment. Permanent decayed tooth (DT), permanent filled tooth (FT), permanent decayed, missing, filled tooth (DMFT) index of Mongolian 12 years old were as 2.37±2.76, 0.29±0.93 and 2.93±3.11, as high caries incidence without early treatment, and 12.1% of DMFT rate, 77.7% of DMF rate as the most children have been caries experienced.
Conclusion: Oral health promotion and early treatment of caries in public oral health plan were recommended to promote the oral health level of Mongolian people.
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KEYWORD
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dental caries, dental health surveys
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