An epidemiologic survey of periodontal disease in Dutch adults
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 65-70
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1978.tb01123.x
Abstract
An epidemiologic survey was carried out to assess the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in randomly selected samples of employed populations in the Netherlands. Of the 1337 persons examined by 5 examiners, 19.8% were edentulous, 61% of dentate persons had intense gingivitis in an average of 2.4 segments of their mouths, 53% had pockets of 3-6 mm and a further 10.1% had pockets of greater than 6 mm. The prevalence of gingivitis and pocketing increased with increasing age and decreasing levels of education. As no measures of predicting compliance were used and because treatment philosophies differ, no reasonable assessment of treatment needs could be made.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Tooth morbidity experience of adultsThe Journal of the American Dental Association, 1954