Eidemiological investigation of the caries of the Miao、Dong minority people Epidemiological investigation of caries status of Miao and Dong ethic group people in Guizhou Province
LIANG Yan
NI Ying
HE Jun-li
LI Sha
Abstract：AIM:To investigate the caries status of Miao and Dong ethic group people in Guizhou Province. METHODS:According to the method used in the Third National Oral Health Survey, multi -stage stratified random sampling was used to select 800 Miao people and 800 Dong people respectively. The subjects were divided into 4 age groups (5, 12, 35~44 and 65 ~74 year-old) and their oral health was examined. RESULTS: Filling rate of root caries in 65~74 year-old Dong Groupsof both Miao and Dong people was 0%. In the 5 and 12 year old groups caries in-cidences and the mean DMFT of Miao are lower than Dong. However, in 35~44 and 65~74 years groups the caries inci-dence, the mean DMFT and root caries rate of Miao and Dong pepulation were not significantly different . CONCLU-SION:Caries incidence and mean DMFT of both Miao and Dong are much higher than that of national average in 2005.
Keywords：cariescaries prevalence ratemean decayedmissing and filled tooth( mean DMFT) epidemiology
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 498-500 )