Association of caries experience in adolescents with different preventive measures.

Objectives: To assess the preventive measures which were associated with the striking caries decline observed in Marburg (Germany) between 1982 and 2002 and to investigate the relationship between caries prevalence and the type of educational level.

Methods: 1,237 twelve-year-old children were examined in four different types of schools. D3MFT and the number of teeth with fissure sealants were registered.

Association of preventive measures with caries experience expressed by outcome variables.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of various preventive measures on the dental health of twelve-year-olds and to determine the extent to which these variables are linked to the prevention of incipient (D1, 2) and dentinal (D3) lesions. 1,237 twelve-year-old children were examined in Marburg (Germany) in the year 2002. Various caries indices (D3MFT, D1, 2S, D3FS, D1-3FS) and the number of teeth with fissure sealants were recorded.