Factors associated with inter-municipality differences in dental caries experience among Danish adolescents. An ecological study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
K EkstrandA Ismail

Abstract

Caries on children and adolescents in Denmark has declined significantly over the last 30 years. Our first analysis in 1999, however, disclosed huge inter-municipality disparities in mean DMFS values as well as in prevalence of caries on Danish children; that fluoride in the water supply and the length of the education of the mothers could explain up to 45% of the above-mentioned disparity and that very few municipalities were positive outliers, i.e. were providing significant better caries results than expected from the background variables. Three of the aims of this second analysis were to repeat the analyses done on the 1999 sample, but now on a 2004 sample and then compare it with the results from 1999. A fourth aim was by means of an interview of CDOs to determine their interpretation of relevant conditions in the public dental health service in relation dental health outcome. A total of 204 (99%) and 191 (93%) municipalities were involved in 1999 and 2004, respectively. Unit of analysis were the municipalities. Mean DMFS of 15-year-olds was used as outcome variable. Eight background variables were accounted for during the analysis: For the fourth aim, a sample of CDOs representing municipalities with positive (n = 10), wi...Continue Reading

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Dec 10, 2013·International Journal of Dentistry·Heidi HalonenVuokko Anttonen
Sep 13, 2011·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Mette Nelun BarfodMichala Oron Lexner
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