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. 1991 Mar;8(1):3-7.

The relationship between caries experience in the deciduous molars at 5 years and in first permanent molars of the same child at 7 years

M M Gray  1 , M D Marchment, R J Anderson
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  • PMID: 2049653

The relationship between caries experience in the deciduous molars at 5 years and in first permanent molars of the same child at 7 years

M M Gray et al. Community Dent Health. 1991 Mar.

Abstract

The sensitivity and specificity of predictors of caries in the first permanent molars based on caries experience in the deciduous molars were tested, using longitudinal data derived from a group of 565 children examined at the ages of 5 and 7 years. The best predictor of caries experience in the first permanent molars at the age of 7 years in this group of children was found to be caries experience in three or more deciduous molars at the age of five.

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