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Summary

The aims were to estimate dental treatment needs of 15-16-year-olds in Lithuania and to relate a number of background factors such as gender, urbanization and residency to possible differences in dental treatment needs. A total of 885 adolescents in 22 randomly pre-selected areas were clinically examined. The following criteria of dental treatment needs were used: tooth with primary caries, secondary caries, tooth which needs a non-operative treatment, tooth with trauma, which needs a restorative treatment, and tooth which needs either an endodontic treatment, a crown or an extraction. Only 7.7 % of all participants had all their teeth sound. The treatment due to primary caries was the most required dental treatment modality among Lithuanian adolescents. Significantly fewer teeth required treatment due to other aforementioned reasons. Significant differences in most dental treatment needs between boys and girls were found, whereas in relation to urbanization and area of residency the differences were less pronounced.

Key words: adolescents, dental treatment need, urbanization, gender

Received: 08 10 2004

Accepted for publishing: 20 03 2005

¹Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilniu University, Lithuania.
²Institute of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway.

Vilma Brukiene¹ - D.D.S., assistant professor.
Jolanta Aleksejuniene² - D.D.S., M.Sc., PhD.
Irena Balciuniene¹ - D.D.S., PhD, Hab.Dr., Professor, Director of Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University.

Address correspondence to: Vilma Brukiene, Institute of Odontology, Zalgirio 115, Vilnius 08217, Lithuania. E-mail: vilmabruk@hotmail.com



	Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal

March, 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1 CONTENTS SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Halitosis Manifestation and Prevention Means for Patients with Fixed Teeth Dentures 3 - 6 Clinical Effectiveness of the Twin Block Appliance in the Treatment of Class II Division 1 Malocclusion 7 - 10 Dental Treatment Needs in Lithuanian Adolescents 11 - 15 Mandibular Pubertal Growth Spurt Prediction. Part One: Method Based on the Hand-Wrist Radiographs 16 - 20 Factors Influencing the Removal of Posts 21 - 23 Oral Hygiene in Children with Type I Diabetes Mellitus 24 - 27 Critical Assessment of Temporomandibular Joint Clicking in Diagnosing Anterior Disc Displacement 28 - 30 © 2005 Stomatologija		Stomatologija 2005; 7 (1): 11-15 281 KB Dental Treatment Needs in Lithuanian Adolescents Vilma Brukiene, Jolanta Aleksejuniene, Irena Balciuniene Summary The aims were to estimate dental treatment needs of 15-16-year-olds in Lithuania and to relate a number of background factors such as gender, urbanization and residency to possible differences in dental treatment needs. A total of 885 adolescents in 22 randomly pre-selected areas were clinically examined. The following criteria of dental treatment needs were used: tooth with primary caries, secondary caries, tooth which needs a non-operative treatment, tooth with trauma, which needs a restorative treatment, and tooth which needs either an endodontic treatment, a crown or an extraction. Only 7.7 % of all participants had all their teeth sound. The treatment due to primary caries was the most required dental treatment modality among Lithuanian adolescents. Significantly fewer teeth required treatment due to other aforementioned reasons. Significant differences in most dental treatment needs between boys and girls were found, whereas in relation to urbanization and area of residency the differences were less pronounced. Key words: adolescents, dental treatment need, urbanization, gender Received: 08 10 2004 Accepted for publishing: 20 03 2005 ¹Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilniu University, Lithuania. ²Institute of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway. Vilma Brukiene¹ - D.D.S., assistant professor. Jolanta Aleksejuniene² - D.D.S., M.Sc., PhD. Irena Balciuniene¹ - D.D.S., PhD, Hab.Dr., Professor, Director of Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University. Address correspondence to: Vilma Brukiene, Institute of Odontology, Zalgirio 115, Vilnius 08217, Lithuania. E-mail: vilmabruk@hotmail.com