Abstract
A dental examination of 240 children living in the Carpathian region was carried out. Age of the examined children was 6 and 12 years. Prevalence of caries process in deciduous and permanent teeth, the intensity of increase in dental caries, prevalence of dentoalveolar abnormalities in children, activity of caries process and the level of dental care for children was studied. The results of the investigation indicated that the prevalence of caries is threatening and level of providing dental care is unsatisfactory due to the WHO estimates.
References
Smoliar N.I., Rudko H.I., Solonko H.M. [et al.] Assessment of risk factors in dental hard tissues lesions in children living in Lviv region. Materialy I ziizdu Asotsiatsii stomatolohiv Ukrainy. 1999: 94-94.
Drachev S.N. Dental health of the Arkhangelsk region population, living in the area of environmental risk. Thesis. 2008: 18.
Suntsov V.G., Distel V.A., Losiev A.V. Risk factors for dentofacial abnormalities and deformities in children of the Altai Republic. Institut Stomatologii. 2005; 3: 46-48.
Chyikin S.V., Averianov S.V. Risk factors for dentofacial abnormalities in children living in Sterlitamak. Medytsynkii vestnik Bashkortostana. 2009; 2: 74-76.
Revich B.A., Aksel E.M., Ushakova T.I. [et al] Hygiene and sanitation. 2002; 1: 8-13.
Saran L.R., Biriuk T.V. Influence of unfavorable environmental factors on the formation of dentofacial anomalies in the child population of the Altai Territory. Stomatologiia detskoho vozrasta i profilaktika. 2007; 2: 33-36.
Shevshenko R. Yu. Small ecological atlas of Ukraine. Ecolohichnyi visnyk. 2005: 26-31.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.