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Preventing Dental Caries with Community
Programs
Meeting Healthy
People 2010 Objectives
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Ages 2–4
% |
Ages 6–8
% |
Age 15
% |
Ages 35–44
% |
Baseline
caries experience*
1988–1994 |
18 |
52 |
61 |
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| Update: 1999–2004 |
24 |
53 |
56 |
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Healthy People
2010
Target: Baseline caries† |
11 |
42 |
51 |
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Baseline
untreated decay‡:1988–1994 |
16 |
29 |
20 |
27 |
| Update: 1999–2004 |
19 |
29 |
18 |
28 |
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Healthy People
2010
Target: Baseline untreated decay |
9 |
21 |
15 |
15 |
*One or more teeth with untreated or filled carious
lesions (dental decay).
†There is no Healthy People 2010 objective for adult caries; 95% of
adults (aged 20 to 64 years) who have one or more natural teeth have
experienced tooth decay.
‡One or more teeth with untreated carious lesions (dental decay).
Source: Healthy People 2010.
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Page last reviewed: May 23, 2009
Page last modified: May 23, 2009
Content source: National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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