Dental Caries Experience in Institutionalized Mongoloid and Nonmongoloid Children in North Carolina and Oregon

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EXPERIENTIA DE CARIE DENTAL IN INSTITUTIONALISATE JUVENILES MONGOLOIDE E NON-MONGOLOIDE IN NORD-CAROLINA E OREGON.—Valores numeric del experientia de carie dental esseva obtenite pro le dentes permanente de institutionalisate juveniles mongoloide e non-mongoloide. Tanto le numero medie de dentes erumpite como etiam le numero medie de dentes DMP(= decadite-mancante-plumbate) esseva plus basse pro le mongoloides que pro le non-mongoloides. Esseva construite un appropriate modello mathematic pro le obtention de estimationes del differentias relative in dentes DMP inter subgruppos del juveniles post adjustationes pro differentias de etate, de sexo, de diagnose, numero de dentes erumpite, e stato de domicilio. Le adjustation pro le duration del exposition del dentes, mesurate indirectemente per le numero del dentes erumpite, non sufficeva completemente pro explicar le plus basse valor numeric de dentes DMP in le juveniles mongoloide.

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