Oral Disease Prevalence

Per Cent Affected; DMFT; Different Age groups

Age Group % affected DMFT D M F Year Source

6-7 years 82.1 3.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. 2000 1)

1) Lo CM et al. Dental Caries in the public primary schools dependent on the Nabil Choucair Health

Center in Dakar, Senegal (in French) Odontostomatol Trop 2001; 24: 9-12.

n.a.= not available

Per Cent Affected; DMFT; Different Age groups

Age Group % affected DMFT D M F Year Source

12 years 53.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 1) & 2)

12 years urban 52.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 3)

12 years rural 52.7 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 3)

1) WHO/ORH/J2/375/1994/Sembene.

2) Nithila A. WHO. Bull World Health Organ. 1998; 76: 237-244.

3) Sembene M et al. Caries prevalence in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Senegal in 1989 and 1994.

Int Dent J, 1999: 49: 73-75

Caries trends; dmft and DMFT; Different Age groups

DMFT 12 years Year Source

1.3 1989 1)

1.1 1994 1)

1) Sembene M and Kane AW. Caries prevalence in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Senegal in 1989 and 1994. Int Dent J, 1999; 49: 73-75.

Dental Caries

Per Cent Affected; DMFT; Different Age groups

Age Group % affected DMFT D M F Year Source

6-7 years 82.1 3.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. 2000 1)

1) Lo CM et al. Dental Caries in the public primary schools dependent on the Nabil Choucair Health

Center in Dakar, Senegal (in French) Odontostomatol Trop 2001; 24: 9-12.

n.a.= not available

Per Cent Affected; DMFT; Different Age groups

Age Group % affected DMFT D M F Year Source 12 years 53.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 1) & 2)

12 years urban 52.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 3)

12 years rural 52.7 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 1994 3)

1) WHO/ORH/J2/375/1994/Sembene.

2) Nithila A. WHO. Bull World Health Organ. 1998; 76: 237-244.

3) Sembene M et al. Caries prevalence in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Senegal in 1989 and 1994.

Int Dent J, 1999: 49: 73-75

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caries trends; dmft and DMFT; Different Age groups

DMFT 12 years Year Source

1.3 1989 1)

1.1 1994 1)

1) Sembene M and Kane AW. Caries prevalence in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Senegal in 1989 and 1994. Int Dent J, 1999; 49: 73-75.