Abstract
This paper was presented the data of dental health of the group of children four to five years living for the major portion of their lives in orphanages in Osaka, Japan.
Detailed surveys were made in relation to dental caries, the diet and the physical health of the children.
For purposes of comparison, studies of groups of children of similar age to the orphanage were performed. The orphanage groups consisted of fourty six children were available for the dental and dietary examination. It was found that the mean d. f. teeth rate for the children ranged from 2.0-13.5. A comparable study of children revealed a mean d. f. teeth rate of 45.5.
An analysis of diet of the orphan children shows that the main essentials were adequate. The total caloric intake of the children was quite similar to that of the control. However, much calorie was taken from an eating between meals, mainly a refined carbohydrate, in the comparable group. The physical health of the children was essentialy the same to that of the control.
