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Preventing Dental Caries
Meeting Healthy
People 2010 Objectives
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Ages 2-4
% |
Ages 6-8
% |
Age 15
% |
Ages 35-44
% |
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Baseline
caries experience |
18 |
52 |
61 |
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Healthy People
2010
Target: Baseline caries |
11 |
42 |
51 |
* |
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Baseline
untreated decay |
16 |
29 |
20 |
27 |
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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 25, 2005
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