Trends in caries experience and fluorosis prevalence in 11- to 12-year-old Brazilian children between 1991 and 2004.

Marcelo de Castro Meneghim, Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro, Cristiana Tengan, Zuleica Maria Almeida Pedroso Meneghim, Antônio Carlos Pereira, Gláucia María Bovi Ambrosano, Andréa Videira Assaf

PubMed · 2006 · 18 citations · 0 references

Abstract

The results suggest a continuous decrease of dental caries experience and an increase of dental fluorosis prevalence in 11-to 12-year-old schoolchildren from this Brazilian town as well as indicate that further epidemiological surveys should be carried out in order to monitor these trends.