In most of the developing countries, dental caries continues to represent a major issue of public health. In Romania, the National Program for Oral and Dental Diseases Prevention, implemented between 1999-2010 and addressed to children attending primary school, consisted of of weekly mouthrinses with a 0.2% NaF solution. In the present study, the dynamics of oral health status of schoolchildren aged 6-12 years in Iasi, under the impact of this program, was analyzed. The results showed a decreasing trend in the prevalence and incidence of dental caries, a constant decrease of caries experience indices, DMFT and DMFS, and, within them, the increasing trend of fillings index, FS, and the decrease of deep lesions weight. The conclusion is that tooth decay has declined in schoolchildren in Iasi during the development of the National Prevention Program.
Keywords:- DMFS
- DMFT
- fluoride
- mouthrinses
- schoolchildren