PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE AND GRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CARIES-FREE NAVAL RECRUITS,

Abstract

A 9-year survey on 500,000 Great Lakes naval recruits indicated that only 2 men per 1000 (0.2 percent) had no previous history of dental caries experience at the time of entrance into the Navy. The annual incidence of caries-free men ranged from a low of 1.3 per 1000 in 1967 to a high of 3.1 per 1000 in 1963. Marked variations in the prevalence of caries-free men from different geographic regions of the United States were observed. Correlation analysis indicated that these variations were partly related to the availability of natural fluoride in public water supplies. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 1969
Accession Number
AD0691250

Entities

People

  • Gordon H. Rovelstad
  • Harris J. Keene
  • Seymour Hoffman
  • William R. Shiller

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Fluorides
  • Geographic Regions
  • Great Lakes
  • Lakes
  • Surveys
  • Tooth Diseases
  • United States
  • Water
  • Water Supplies

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