ABSTRACT
Our study of 5,039 individuals consisting of three groups of population may be summarized as follows: 1. Out of the 5,039 individuals examined 3,716 or 73.74 per cent had one or more C.E.F. teeth2. The more older people there are in a group the higher is the dental caries prevalence rates3. In the population groups under study there is not definite sex predilection of caries4. The attack rate is higher in groups with more adult persons, a finding in favor of the generally accepted view that dental caries is cumulative5. A conservative estimate in the groups of population under study places the loss due to caries at P126,216.00, or when the evaluation is made on a basis of lower value the cost of dental caries will still reach the high value of P 96,968.00 for the 5,039 persons examined. (Summary)