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Prevalence of Total Tooth Loss, Dental Caries, and Periodontal Disease in Mexican-American Adults: Results from the Southwestern HHANES

A.I. Ismail

Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University St., Montréal, PQ, Canada H3A 2B2

B.A. Burt

Program in Dental Public Health, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

J.A. Brunelle

Biometry Section, National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

The Southwestern portion of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in 1982 and 1983. The survey population was Mexican-Americans residing in five Southwestern states. This report presents data on the prevalence of total tooth loss, dental caries, and periodontal diseases in 3860 Mexican-American adults aged from 18 to 74. Results show that 4.3% of this group was edentulous. Among the dentate, Mexican-Americans had lower overall DMF scores but higher numbers of untreated decayed teeth than did residents of the same region seen in the NHANES I survey in 1971-1974. Caries of the smooth surfaces in both posterior and anterior teeth was more pronounced in the older than in the younger age groups. Mexican-Americans had more gingivitis but fewer periodontal pockets than did the general population in the Western states during NHANES 1. The caries pattern in the Mexican-Americans suggests that caries among adults may remain a problem in the future, with the possibility of increased involvement with the aging, although modest, of smooth tooth surfaces.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 66, No. 6, 1183-1188 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345870660061801
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