Comparison of two kinds of probes examinations for caries in the sampling survey of 12-year-old children in Fujian province / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the prevalence of caries in the children aged 12 years in Fujian Province and to compare the influence of two kinds of dental probes examinations on caries detect rate.Methods:Based on oral health investigation of WHO and national oral health survey standards,multi-stage stratified sampling was used to randomly select 792 children in Fujian province to accept examination separately by two dental probes.Results:The prevalence of dental caries of youth aged 12 years in Fujian province has no statistical significance in different gender or between city and countryside.But the caries prevalence of female was higher than that of male when used by sharp dental probe.About 23.23% was found in different detection rates when using two dental probes.Compared to the sampling investigation of Fujian province in 2000 year,the caries prevalence has no obvious increase.Conclusion:The sharp probe has higher detection rate than CPI probe.