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Introducing a Specific Term to Present Caries Experience in Populations with Low Caries Prevalence: Specific Affected Caries Index (SaC)Schmoeckel J. · Santamaría R.M. · Basner R. · Schüler E. · Splieth C.H.Department of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Article / Publication Details
Received: April 20, 2018
Accepted: January 14, 2019
Published online: March 12, 2019
Issue release date: August 2019
Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 2
Number of Tables: 2
ISSN: 0008-6568 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-976X (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CRE
Abstract
Up to now, indices like the mean dmft/DMFT and the SiC (Significant Caries Index) have been used to depict caries experience in populations with high prevalence. With the caries decline, particularly for populations with low caries levels, these indices reach their statistical limits. This paper aims to introduce a specific term, the Specific affected Caries Index (SaC) for the risk groups in populations with low caries prevalence and to illustrate its use based on the consecutive German National Oral Health Survey (GNOHS) in children. In groups with a caries prevalence less than one-third of the population, many caries-free children (DMFT = 0) are included in the SiC (risk group), which calls for a new way of illustration. Mean caries experience (DMFT), caries prevalence, the SiC and SaC were portrayed for 12-year-olds in the GNOHS from 1994/95 to 2016. The SaC describes the mean caries experience (DMFT) in the group presenting caries experience (DMFT > 0). In 12-year-old 6th graders in Germany, the mean caries experience decreased from 2.4 (1994/95) to 0.4 DMFT (2016), with a recent prevalence of 21.2% (DMFT > 0, 2016). In 2016, the mean number of affected teeth in children with DMFT > 0 (SaC) was 2.1, while the SiC including 12% DMFT-free children in the risk group was 1.3. The SiC fails to reflect the caries severity in children in a population with low caries prevalence. Therefore, the newly introduced term Specific affected Caries Index (SaC) may be used to describe accurately caries experience in caries risk children in populations presenting low caries prevalence.
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Article / Publication Details
Received: April 20, 2018
Accepted: January 14, 2019
Published online: March 12, 2019
Issue release date: August 2019
Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 2
Number of Tables: 2
ISSN: 0008-6568 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-976X (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CRE
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