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Dental caries prevalence and treatment need among racial/ethnic minority schoolchildren. 2002

Christopher Okunseri, and Victor Badner, and Jayanth Kumar, and Gustavo D Cruz

A study was undertaken to estimate dental caries prevalence and treatment need among racial/ethnic minority schoolchildren in the Bronx. Oral examinations were conducted on 148 second graders, 193 fourth graders and 299 sixth graders in three different schools. A single examiner trained to use the DMFS index according to National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) diagnostic criteria and procedures examined all the children between November 1999 and July 2000. The study revealed that 39% of the children exhibited dental caries experience in their permanent dentition (mean DMFS = 1.45), treatment need (D/DMFS = 28%); 26.4% of children in their primary dentition (mean dfs = 1.01) and treatment need (d/dfs = 18%). Hispanic children (mean DMFS = 1.71) had higher dental caries experience compared to African-Americans (mean DMFS = 1.14). This was found to be statistically significant (p = 0.004). Treatment need in Hispanics was (30%, 17%) and in African-Americans (30%, 18%) in permanent and primary dentition respectively. Treatment need was highest among sixth grade African-Americans in their permanent dentition and in second grade Hispanics in the primary dentition. The study showed a difference in dental caries prevalence, but the treatment need percentages did not differ between Hispanics and African-Americans in both dentition.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008913	Minority Groups	A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.	Group, Minority,Groups, Minority,Minority Group
D009519	New York City	City located at the mouth of the Hudson River, in New York State.
D011203	Poverty	A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.	Federal Poverty Level,Federal Poverty Threshold,Indigency,Low-Income Population,Absolute Poverty,Extreme Poverty,Indigents,Low Income Population,Federal Poverty Levels,Indigent,Level, Federal Poverty,Low Income Populations,Low-Income Populations,Population, Low Income,Population, Low-Income,Poverty Level, Federal,Poverty Threshold, Federal,Poverty, Absolute,Poverty, Extreme
D001741	Black or African American	A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.	African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003731	Dental Caries	Localized destruction of the tooth surface initiated by decalcification of the enamel followed by enzymatic lysis of organic structures and leading to cavity formation. If left unchecked, the cavity may penetrate the enamel and dentin and reach the pulp.	Caries, Dental,Carious Lesions,Dental Cavities,Dental Cavity,Dental Decay,Dental White Spots,Carious Dentin,Decay, Dental,Dental White Spot,White Spot, Dental,White Spots, Dental,Carious Dentins,Carious Lesion,Cavities, Dental,Cavity, Dental,Dentin, Carious,Dentins, Carious,Lesion, Carious,Lesions, Carious,Spot, Dental White,Spots, Dental White
D003793	Dental Restoration, Permanent	A restoration designed to remain in service for not less than 20 to 30 years, usually made of gold casting, cohesive gold, or amalgam. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)	Dental Fillings, Permanent,Dental Filling, Permanent,Dental Permanent Filling,Dental Permanent Fillings,Dental Restorations, Permanent,Filling, Dental Permanent,Filling, Permanent Dental,Fillings, Dental Permanent,Fillings, Permanent Dental,Permanent Dental Filling,Permanent Dental Fillings,Permanent Dental Restoration,Permanent Dental Restorations,Permanent Filling, Dental,Permanent Fillings, Dental,Restoration, Permanent Dental,Restorations, Permanent Dental
D004245	DMF Index	"Decayed, missing and filled teeth," a routinely used statistical concept in dentistry.	Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth,DMF Indexes,DMF Indexe,DMF Indices,Index, DMF,Indexe, DMF,Indexes, DMF,Indices, DMF
D005006	Ethnicity	A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.	Ethnic Groups,Nationality,Ethnic Group,Nationalities