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1. Baccush MM, Nayak C. Prevalence of dental caries in school children from a suburban area in Tripoli; Libya. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(1):11-5.
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   Title in English:	Prevalence of dental caries in school children from a suburban area in Tripoli; Libya
   Title in Croatian:	Prevalencija zubnog karijesa u školske djece prigadskog područja Tripolija, Libija
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	DENTAL CARIES + epidemiology DMF INDEX ORAL HYGIENE INDEX
   Abstract:	Seven hundred and twenty school children of primary school grades 5 and 6 in Hadba Sargia area in Tripoli were examined for dental caries. The mean DMFT index for the whole sample of children was 1.58. The DT component comprised 1.34 and MT component 0.21 of DMFT score, which made 42.22% and 13.33% of total children sample, respectively. The amount FT component was 0.03 (1.39%) of all children with DMFT examined. The number of children with at least one DMFT score was 410 (56.94%) of the total study sample. In children with poor oral hygiene, DMFT score was significantly higher (1.91) than in those with good oral hygiene (0.85) (P less than 0.01). Children whose mothers had low education exhibited a higher total DMFT score (1.85) than those whose mothers had high education (1.16).