PMID: 11318045Apr 25, 2001Paper

Caries decline before fluoride toothpaste was available: earlier and greater decline in the rural north than in southwestern Norway

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
J M Birkeland, O Haugejorden

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors related to caries in 6-17-year-olds in 2 groups of Norwegian counties between 1966 and 1983. The average number of surfaces filled and permanent teeth extracted due to caries declined in the 4 northern counties from 1967. An increase was recorded in the 7 southwestern counties until 1971, then a decline. In the 1960s significantly more surfaces were filled and teeth extracted in the north compared to the southwest. Based on intra-county comparisons, the decline in surfaces treated was greater in the north between 1967 and 1983; 5.4 +/- 0.4 vs 3.7 +/- 0.7, P < 0.01. The averages were 1.9 surfaces treated in the north and the southwest in 1983. Higher infant mortality, lower percentage of people with completed senior secondary education, and more inhabitants per doctor and per dentist in the north indicate a less favorable situation than in the southwest. School-based fluoride programs had been implemented in both groups from the mid-1960s and around 60% participated when fluoride toothpaste became freely marketed in 1971. More fluoride programs and more fluoride tablets were available to children in the north; this may indicate a preventive attitude among dentists. The decline of...Continue Reading

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Feb 10, 2010·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Vibeke Baelum
Nov 7, 2002·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Jan Magne BirkelandFrithjof Ramm von der Fehr
Feb 4, 2010·American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics : Official Publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, Its Constituent Societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics·Gregory J King, Pongsri Brudvik
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