[Dental caries in children aged 7 and 12 years in the Province of Poznan].

The authors present the results of stomatological epidemiological studies in the Province of Poznán in 1987 for establishing the prevalence of dental caries in children aged 7 and 12 years. The assessment was done using the index of caries prevalence, value of the mean DMF-H and dmf-h indices, and their components. In both studied age groups a high prevalence of caries was found, reaching 90% in children aged 7, years and 80% in those aged 12 years.

[The condition of teeth in adult population aged 35-44 years living in a small town and in villages in the Province of Poznan].

In an epidemiological study the condition of teeth was assessed in 120 subjects aged 35-44 years living in Sroda Wielkopolska and villages around it. Group I (60 subjects) lived in the town and group II (60 subjects) came from villages. Each group contained 30 women and 30 men.

[Requirements for prosthetic treatment of adults aged 35-44 years in the Province of Poznan].

Stomatological examination of a group of 120 adults aged 35-44 years living in the Province of Poznań showed considerable loss of teeth (mean loss--7 in towns and 9 in villages). It was found that a small percent of these adults had prosthetic replacements. The greatest requirements were for partial lower prostheses and upper partial prostheses.