Abstract
A dental clinic attached to a maternity hospital had been opened since 1993 to supply oral health management to mothers and children from early childhood. In this paper, initial patients who visited our dental clinic from January 1996 to December 1997 were investigated to understand the actual conditions of the patients. The following results were obtained:
1. The number of initial patients during this period was 1,221, of these 650 were boys and 571 were girls.
2. Approximate 60 percents of all of the subjects were under 2 years old and the average age was 2years 11 months.
3. Fifty three percent of the subjects answered that the institution for the delivery was Miyake Maternity Hospital.
4. Forty six percent of all of the subjects visited our clinic for consultation concerning preventive treatment. In contrast to this,39% had the chief complaint of dental caries and toothache.
5. Thirty three percent of all of the subjects were had not experienced caries. In contrast to this,19% of subjects had severe caries.
