Dental caries in six, 12 and 15 year old Venda children in South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 236-243

  Bajomo, A S ^a,b   Rudolph, M J ^a   Ogunbodede, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 16544367004     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i5.9166     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Attin, T., F. N., Mbiydzemo, I., Villard, A. M., Kielbassa, and E. Hellwig. Dental status of School Children from a rural community in Cameroon. J. South Afr. Dent. Asso. 1999; 54:145-148.
2. Holm, A. K., Caries in the Preschool Child: International trends. J. Paed. Dent. 1990; 18:291-295.
3. Department of Health. National Oral Health Policy for South Africa, 1997.
4. Department of Health. National Oral Health Survey, South Africa 1994.
5. Department of Health. Community services for dentist in the Republic of South Africa 1999.
6. Chikte, U.M.E. and Rudolph, M.J. Caries patterns in Gazankulu. J. Dent. Res. 1990; 69:1087.
7. Du Plessis, J. B., Hodges, N., Pienaar, V., and D.R., Oosthuizen, D.R. The dental caries status of black population in the major metropolitan areas of the Republic of South Africa. In: National Oral Health Survey South Africa. 1988/ 89. ed. Van Wyk, PP. 33-44, 1994.
8. Chikte, U. M. E., Gugushe, T. S., Rudolph, M. J., and Reinach. R.G. Dental caries prevalence and CPITN of 12-year-old rural School Children in Transkei. J. Dent. Assoc. South Afr. 1990; 45:245-249.
9. Cleaton-Jones, P. E., and Hargreaves, J. A., Dental caries of 11 to 12-year-old South African Children and WHO guidelines for the year 2000. J. Dent. Assoc. South Afr. 1989; 43:357-359.
10. Ramukumba, A. N., Rudolph, M. J., and Chikte, U. M. E. Oral Health in Venda: Dental caries of 6 and 12 year-old School children. J. Dent. Res. 1991; 70:845.
11. Department of Health. National Oral Health Survey, South Africa, 1988/89.
12. World Health Organization. Primary health care. WHO, Geneva, 1990.
13. Department of Health. Regulation Gazettee, 2000.
14. Chironga, L., and Manji, F., Dental caries in 12-year-old urban and rural Children in Zimbabwe. Comm. Dent. Oral Epid. 1989; 17:31-33.
15. Gugushe, T. S., and du Plessis, J. B., Regional urban-rural distribution of dental caries in Swaziland. J. Dent. Assoc. South Afr. 1998; 53:409-412.
16. Sheiham, A., Sucrose and dental caries. Nutr. Hlth. 2000; 5:25-29.
17. Sheiham, A., Why free sugars consumption should be below 15kg per person per year in industrialised countries: the dental evidence. Brit. Dent. J. 1991; 171:63-65.
18. Carstens, I. L., Louw, A. J., and Kruger, E., Dental status of rural school children in a suboptimal fluoride area. J. Dent. Assoc. South Afr. 1995; 50:405-411.
19. Department of Health. National children's Oral Health Survey South Africa, 2003.
20. Louw, A. J., Carstens, I. L., and Hartshorne, J. E., A caries preventive programs for Robertson School Children-baseline data. Dent. Assoc. South Afr. 1991; 46:463-465.
21. Thorpe, S., Oral Health, reaching out to the year 2000. Keynote address at the 7th IADR -meeting of the East and Southern Africa section, Harare, 1992.
22. Ng'ang'a, P. M., Epidemiological and experimental studies pertaining to orthodontic treatment in children in Nairobi, Kenya. Thesis. 1996.
23. Ng'ang'a, P. M., and Valderhaug, J., Dental caries in primary school children in Nairobi, Kenya. Acta. Odontologica. Scandinavica. 1992; 50:269-272.