Preventing Dental
Caries with Community Programs
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Meeting
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
| |
Ages 2-4 % |
Ages 6-8 % |
Age 15 % |
Ages 35-44 % |
| Baseline caries experience |
18 |
52 |
61 |
|
| Healthy People 2010 Target: Baseline caries |
11 |
42 |
51 |
* |
| Baseline untreated decay |
16 |
29 |
20 |
27 |
| Healthy People 2010 Target: Baseline untreated decay |
9 |
21 |
15 |
15 |
*There is no Healthy People 2010 objective for adult caries; 94% of
adults who have one or more natural teeth have experienced tooth decay.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People
2010, vol II. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office,
2000:21-11 to 21-15.
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Page last modified: November 21, 2006
Content source:
Division of Oral Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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