Dental Treatment Needs in Two Samples of Scottish Fourteen-Year-Old Children: An Epidemiological Assessment of Treatment Needs as an Indication of the Effectiveness of the Current Dental Services, with Recommendations for the Improvement of These Services in the Future

Sutherland, David A (1972) Dental Treatment Needs in Two Samples of Scottish Fourteen-Year-Old Children: An Epidemiological Assessment of Treatment Needs as an Indication of the Effectiveness of the Current Dental Services, with Recommendations for the Improvement of These Services in the Future. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

It is well known from epidemiologists' reports and from Government statistics that the state of children's dental health is poor. What is not known is the numbers of children who require various forms of treatment, and whether or not the available dental manpower will ever cope with the situation. To elicit this information is the general purpose of this investigation, which is the first study to examine treatment needs in such detail. The study is based on the results of a dental epidemiological survey carried out during the period 1968-1971. The specific aims of the study are as follows: 1. To assess the dental treatment needs of fourteen-year-old Scottish children. 2. To discover possible differences between the dental status and treatment needs of children living in an Urban environment, and those living in a Rural environment. 3. To discover possible effects of social class, and of dental attendance habits on dental status and treatment needs. 4. To study the relationship between treatment needs and toothbrushing, snack-eating, and spending on confectionery, and between treatment needs and caries experience, oral cleanliness and periodontal disease. 5. To estimate the ability of the currently available dental manpower to control the level of dental disease recorded in this survey. 6. To make recommendations for the control of dental disease in children in the immediate future. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.).

• Item Type: Thesis (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Dentistry
• Date of Award: 1972
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1972-78616
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2020 15:08
• Last Modified: 30 Jan 2020 15:08
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/78616