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INTRODUCTION: The global objectives of WHO in the field of oral health by 2020 include the average intensity of caries among 12-year-old children no more than 1.5 by the DMFT index. In Samara the value of the DMFT among the adolescents at age 12 is 3.5. AIM: To identify the appropriate timing for a launching of community-based schemes of dental caries prevention of permanent teeth for children of Samara. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a cross-sectoral multisample research from March to May 2017, the time of eruption and intensity of caries of the first permanent molars among children in Samara were studied. A total of 405 children aged 5 to 8, attending preschool and school educational institutions were examined. The quantity and the stage of eruption of the first permanent molars were assessed; the initial and manifest forms of caries were considered during the calculation of indexes of caries intensity of teeth and surfaces. RESULTS: One to four first permanent molars were erupted among 26.3% of children aged 5, at an average 0.6±0.14 per one surveyed, the prevalence of caries of the first permanent molars was equal to 1.3%, including 1.3% of the initial carious defeats. In 6-year-old children - 65% had the first permanent molars, at an average of 2.38±0.199, and the prevalence of caries in these teeth was 29.63%, including initial forms of caries 27.16%. The results among 7-year-old children - 87.18% and 3.12±0.156, 60.3% and 51.28%, respectively. In 8-year-old children these figures were equal: 97.26%, 3.79±0.091, 68.49% and 60.27%, respectively. The rate of eruption of the first permanent molars and the prevalence of their carious lesions among girls was significantly higher than among boys. CONCLUSION: The optimal age of children of Samara for inclusion in the regional programs of dental caries prevention is the age of 4 years - the age of the beginning of the first permanent molar eruption.
