Chairtime needed for an incremental dental care program for schoolchildren in Israel
- 3 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 4 (3) , 94-97
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1976.tb02105.x
Abstract
Chairtime needed to provide initial treatment to 80 children, 61/2-71/2 yr of age, in an incremental care program was recorded. An average of 8.2 carious teeth with 14.0 carious surfaces required treatment. The clinical and radiographic examinations were concluded earlier and were not included in the chairtime recorded. One year after completion of the initial treatment, 51 of these children were reexamined to determine the maintenance treatment needs. These were about 1/3 of the initial treatment needs. The average chairtime required for initial treatment was 2 h and 37 min. For complete treatment, including examination and preventive measures, 3 h per child are required for initial treatment and 1 h for maintenance care each following year.Keywords
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