School dental health programs, pit-and-fissure programs
Public Health Dentistry · Dental (BDS)
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A school sealant program targets 7-year-olds. Why this age? First permanent molars erupt at 6 - sealing within a year of eruption protects them before fissure caries starts; waiting until 12 misses the prevention window. Students learn program targeting: the right children (erupting molars), right time (post-eruption), right place (schools) - precision beats blanket coverage in public health too.
Related topics
- Dental public health: concepts, history, levels of prevention
- Epidemiology of oral diseases: caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer
- Indices: DMFT/dmft, CPI, Dean's fluorosis index
- National oral health programs and policies
- Water fluoridation and defluoridation
- Dental manpower: auxiliaries — hygienists, technicians