A Study on the Dental Health Examinations of 1 Year and 6 Months Old Children

Part II. Dental-plaque Distribution of 1 Year and 6 Months Old Children

Abstract

The subjects were 449 children at 1 year and 6 months old, visiting the Health Center in Ohta Ward in Tokyo, and we examined their oral conditions and daily habits, especially dietary habits.
In this report, we investigated the dental-plaque distribution of the children of this age.
Dental-plaque was disclosed by Red-Cote and stained areas were recorded on a chart in which each labial or buccal surface of a nearly fully erupted deciduous tooth was divided into 9 areas. By using this chart, scores of each deciduous tooth surface and that of each child were calculated.