Dental caries, social deprivation and enhanced capitation payments for children.

Objective: Investigate the appropriateness of the under fives' enhanced capitation scheme.

Design: Calculation of mean caries indices for socially deprived wards (Jarman score 2.5 or greater) and less socially deprived wards (Jarman score below 2.

Discontinued orthodontic treatment in the general dental service and community dental service in England and Wales during the summer of 1991.

This paper reports on two studies which investigated levels of discontinued orthodontic treatment amongst patients under 18 years, who had been treated in the General Dental Service (GDS) and Community Dental Service (CDS) of the National Health Service during June and July 1991. These complement the study of discontinued Hospital Dental Service treatment already reported. The studies indicated that, at the time, the levels were 13.

The Consultant Orthodontists Group survey of hospital waiting lists and treated cases.

A questionnaire sent to all U.K. hospital orthodontic consultants resulted in an 88 per cent response rate.