Document Type : letter to the editor
Authors
- Somayeh Hekmatfar 1
- Hossein Hessari 2
- Karim Jafari Kaffash 3
- Fatemeh Darabi 4
- Shadi Kaffashchian 5
- Masoud Shabani 6
1 DDS. MSc., Department of pedodontics, School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
2 DDS, Ph.D., Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute; Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 DDS,MSc., Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
4 Ph.D., Department of Public Health, Asadabad School of Medical Sciences, Asadabad, Iran
5 DDS., Oral Health Group, Deputy for Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
6 Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Abstract
Periodic data for determining the DMFT index in 12-year-old children showed that the index had a significant improvement in different periods of its measurement during 25 years after the integration of oral health services in primary health care and was relatively stable. In order to improve this index, it is necessary to provide electronic care and services based on risk assessment of dental caries and attention to MIH in the primary health care systems.
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