Dental Caries Progression Among U.S. Marine Corps Personnel Following Operational Deployment

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries remains a major problem in the US military. Incipientlesions progress slowly, taking 3-4 years to progress from the enamel surfaceinto dentin. For lesions in dentin, measurable radiographic progression occurswithin 1-3 years. Although anecdotal evidence suggests that military personnelexhibit increased caries activity during operational deployments, no studies havespecifically evaluated caries incidence or lesion progression among deployedpersonnel.Objectives: To assess: (1) the overall incidence of new dental caries lesions,and (2) the frequency of caries progression among US Marine Corps personnelfollowing operational deployment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1013098

Entities

People

  • Tuanh C. Halquist

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Army Personnel
  • Cariostatic Agents
  • Computer Programming
  • Dentifrices
  • Dentistry
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Instructions
  • Marine Corps Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Mouth Diseases
  • Teeth
  • Tooth Diseases
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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