Caries experience of children aged 6-9 years in Jeddah, Saudi
This study was conducted to examine the caries experience of children ::: aged 6-9 years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Overall, 1522 children were examined ::: from six primary schools located in different areas of the city. Results showed ::: that the mean dmft and DFT were 4.23 and 1.85, respectively. The mean dmft ::: and DFT values excluding caries-free children, however, were 5.71 and 2.95, ::: respectively. Only 26.1% of the children were caries free. There was a high ::: proportion of untreated dental caries and most of the carious teeth were treated by ::: extraction. The need for effective preventive measures was stressed.
A coroner has called for a ban on junior doctors working alone on night shifts, after a woman’s death at Basildon Hospital uncovered “woefully inadequate” care. ::: ::: Lyn O’Reilly, 57, contracted a fatal infection after a bowel operation, and senior consultants missed the infection. Over the 2012 August bank holiday weekend she was put under the care of junior doctors who had been in the job for only four weeks. One junior doctor was caring for 130 patients alone during a night shift. ::: ::: On 31 …