Reductions in Dental Decay in 3-Year Old Children in Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Repeated Population Inspection Studies over Four Years.

The objective of this study was to examine dental inspection data from three-year old children to assess the extent to which the dental health in Greater Glasgow and Clyde had improved during the initial years of the Childsmile intervention programme.
Methods:
Dental inspections of three-year old children in Greater Glasgow and Clyde were undertaken in the academic years of 2006/7 and 2007/8 (the baseline years), and again in 2008/9 and 2009/10 (after the intervention had begun). A standardised protocol suitable for the age group was used. The number of decayed, missing and filled teeth was calculated (ie d3mft). If d3mft was > 0 then a child was said to have ‘obvious decay experience’ into the dentine. Additional results examined the effect of socioeconomic status using the Scottish Index…
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