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  • Title: Caries prevalence and treatment needs of healthy and medically compromised children at a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia.
    Author: Brown A.
    Journal: East Mediterr Health J; 2009; 15(2):378-86. PubMed ID: 19554985.
    Abstract:
    We examined the caries prevalence and treatment needs of medically compromised and healthy paediatric patients attending the dental clinic of a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia. The medical records of 175 healthy and 211 medically compromised 5-year-old Saudi children were reviewed. Data was extracted on clinical status and number of decayed, extracted and filled teeth (deft score). A total of 91.9% of medically compromised and 84.0% of healthy children had evidence of caries. Mean deft score was 9.91 for medically compromised and 6.25 for healthy children. A high proportion of carious teeth (79%) were untreated, with no significant difference between the 2 groups.
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