The decline in dental caries in school children between 1998 and 2004 in Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

Objectives: To evaluate the dental caries prevalence and the treatment needs in 5- and 12 year-old schoolchildren in 2004 and to compare these data with those found in Leme, São Paulo, in 1998.Methods: The exams were performed in schoolchildren at public schools in Leme. The exams, in the two years,...

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Main Authors: Luciana Aparecida Ruiz, Lilian Berta Rihs, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa, Lídia Hildebrand, Rita de Cássia Felizatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic
Series:RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia
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Online Access:http://www.revistargo.com.br/include/getdoc.php?id=3689&article=829&mode=pdf