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© 1984 Oxford University Press

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Dental Caries in the Adult Population in Finland: I. Prevalence of Dental Caries

VILJO NYYSSÖNEN*, ILKKA PAUNIO{dagger}, MATTI RAJALA* and MIIRA VEHKALAHTI{dagger}

*Institute of Dentistry, University of Kuopio PO Box 138, 70101 Kuopio 10, Finland.
{dagger}Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Nyyssönen V (Institute of Dentistry, University of Kuopio, PO Box 138, 70101 Kuopio 10, Finland), Pauniol, Rajala M and Vehkalahti M. Dental caries in the adult population in Finland. International Journal of Epidemiology 1984, 13: 486–490. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of untreated dental caries in the adult population aged 30 years and over in Finland according to sex, age, region of living, and socioeconomic status. The level of untreated caries per subject also was studied and population estimates were made for prevalence and level of untreated caries. The representative sample used in this study included 5028 dentate subjects. Data were collected using interviews and clinical examination. The prevalence of untreated caries was 55% in women, and the figure for men was 67%. In eastern Finland the figures for women and men differed significantly. The mean number of decayed teeth was 2.5 per person. Men had more decayed teeth per person than women did. The number decreased significantly with increasing socioeconomic status. The data presented in the study provide a reliable picture of the occurrence of untreated dental caries in Finnish adults arid form the basis for further analyses.


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