A Study on the Dental Caries Prevalence of Primary School Children in Chungju (III)

청주지역 학동의 치아우식증에 관한 연구(III)

As an appraisal of Water Fluoridation Program in Chungju, fluoride content in the water of that city was examined, and 1317 K primary school children aged from 6 to 13 were surveyed on their oral hygiene status. The results were as follows: 1. Fluoride content ....................... 0.8 ppm 2. dmfrate ..................................... 81.17% DMF rate .......................................... 38.88% 3. dmf t rate/index ................................ 29.17%/2.55 dmf s rate/index ............................... 14.33%/6.27 4. DMF T rate/index ............................. 6.32%/0.92 DMF S rate/index ............................ 1.86%/1.35