Dental caries in the Vietnamese adults

ABSTRACT

A cross – sectional survey on dental caries in 3181 Vietnamese adults, who are over 18 year olds and live in 7 geographic areas of Vietnam, showed that the percentage of Vietnamese adults who had dental caries is high. The percentage of caries and the DMFT index increase across the age groups. There is no difference in caries percentage between male and female but it is different between urban population and rural population, in the same age group urban population had more caries experience than rural population. The percentage of filling teeth is very low, from 1.49% to 6.38% depending on age groups. The percentage of missing teeth due to untreated is very high and increase across age groups