Dental caries in Turkish immigrant primary schoolchildren.
Dental caries and the utilization of the Public Dental Service in Sweden were investigated in 84 Turkish immigrant children born in Sweden, 69 Turkish children born in Turkey and 85 Swedish age- and sex-matched controls. Dental fear was also studied. The mean age of the children was 8.3 years. Turkish immigrant children had more caries both in the primary and in the permanent teeth than Swedish children. Children born in Turkey had more caries in the primary dentition than those born in Sweden. Turkish children came more often for emergency visits than Swedish children and expressed dental fear more frequently. Turkish immigrant children therefore constitute a high risk group for caries and need supervision early after immigration.Modeling Compound”; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,767,938 patented Jul. 27, 2004 to A. Cordova and assigned to Mattel, Inc. on a “Modeling Dough And A Surface Active Drying Agent Coating Composition For Same”; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,864,346 patented Mar. 8, 2005 to C J. Schoenheider on “Moldable Compositions”; and also German Patent No. 2935019 dated March 1981; and Japanese Patent No. 0027905 dated August 1973; and Japanese Patent 0041748 dated April 1976; and 51-125446 dated November 1976; and Japanese Patent 0047034 dated April 1977; and Japanese Patent 0154411 dated December 1979; and Japanese Patent 55-052086 dated April 1980; and Japanese Patent 0034148 dated February 1982; and Japanese Patent 0059940 dated April 1982; and Japanese Patent 59-036278 dated February 1984; and Japanese Patent 2172060 dated July 1987; and