55 residents men only and their age ranged 15-55 years at the Alinger basin, Nuristan, Afghanistan were studied in this report on their dental condition.
Dental examination was carried out especially on dental caries, attrition of tooth, periodontal disease and hygienic mouth condition by the conventional method.
Previous report tell us that the uncivilized people such as the Nuristan has the low caries contraction because they are living in a mountainous and closed area geographically and culturally.
However, on the contrary, the followings were found as the result of this study.
1. High percentage of caries contraction (85.6 %) .
2. Many cases of a great deal calculus.
3. Poor oral hygiene.
4. Periodontal disease and heavy attrition of tooth in all cases.
5. No remarkable difference of the caries contraction was marked between the white and the mongoloid in this material, though the former showed a little higher percentage.
These results might be due to their eating habit : They feed on Nan which resembles slice bread and is included much sand. They don't eat vegetables.
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