Ami 族における歯牙・歯肉疾患の地域差に関する疫学的研究

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It has been reported by us that dental caries of Taiwan aborigines recently showed an increasing tendency, and that incidence of dental caries and periodontitis was different in each tribe. This time, regional difference in tooth and gingival diseases of Ami tribe (living at Fengbin and Yuhlii) was investigated in December 1980. A total of 240 subjects, 151 males and 89 females, from 12 to 15 in age were studied on their DMF and PMA indices. The results were as follows : 1. The mean number of DMF teeth, the DMF tooth rate and the percentage of persons with one or more DMF teeth were lower at Fengbin than at Yuhlii in both males and females, especially significant differences were shown at the ages from 14 to 15 in the males in all the items. 2. The PMA index was lower at Fengbin than at Yuhlii in both males and females, especially significant difference was shown at the ages from 12 to 13 in both males and females. On the basis of the foregoings, difference in incidence of dental caries and gingivitis was clearly observed in each community of Ami, and it was deduced that it was due to change in their life style of eating.
九州歯科学会の論文
1984-08-25