Oral Health inside - Communities and Local Government

mean dmftFigure 8 Mean number of primary teeth (dmft, 5-year-olds) and permanent teeth (DMFT,8-, 12- and 15-year-olds) which were decayed (cavitated), missing or filled due to decayamong children and adolescents in the 1960s and living in fluoridated areas in 1984, 1990sand 2002(Data excluded where numbers are less than 30)Figure 8a: 5-year-olds111098765432105.61.31.00.8ERHA5.21.9MHB6.42.31.71.2 1.4MWHB5.0 5.2NEHBNWHB6.3 6.42.51.7 1.91.51.81.2 1.01.1 1.5 1.61.11.0 1.1 0.9 1.00.8 1.0SEHBSHB5.0WHB5.6RoI1960s19841990s2002Health Boardmean DMFTFigure 8b: 8-year-olds111098765432.021.61.91.5 1.51.8 1.91.41.71.010.5 0.50.60.5 0.80.90.40.4 0.60.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.40.2 0.30ERHA MHB MWHB NEHB NWHB SEHB SHB WHB RoI1960s19841990s2002Health BoardFigure 8c: 12-year-oldsmean DMFT111098765432105.22.2 2.5ERHA4.61.1 0.9 1.0MHB5.2 5.44.94.74.3 4.24.23.13.32.3 2.4 2.22.32.61.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.31.61.3 1.2 1.1 1.01.1 1.1MWHBNEHBNWHBSEHBSHBWHBRoI1960s19841990s2002Health BoardFigure 8d: 15-year-oldsmean DMFT111098765432108.83.7 3.5ERHA8.0 8.22.0 2.2MHB4.3 4.13.0MWHB1.97.7 7.83.0 2.82.2 2.42.32.2 2.0 2.2 2.42.1 2.1NEHBNWHB8.94.0SEHB9.55.4SHB7.34.5WHB8.24.1RoI1960s19841990s2002Health Board22