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Barac-Furtinger, Vesna
Barac-Furtinger, V.
Barac-Furtinović, Vesna

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Barac-Furtinger V, Juhović-Markus V, Zdilar-Černy N. Caries Prevention in First Grade Schoolchildren in Zagreb. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2003;37(3):308.

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Title in English:	Caries Prevention in First Grade Schoolchildren in Zagreb
Title in Croatian:	Prevencija karijesa u prvim razredima osnovnih škola grada Zagreba
Type of Article:	congress abstract
MeSH:	DENTAL CARIES + prevention & control CHILD
Abstract:	Contemporary studies have shown that oral health education is more effective when it is prevention-oriented rather than disease oriented. The implemented program aimed at including all first grade aged children and making them familiar with the basies of oral health protection through the educational program. The program included 7.000 first grade aged children in primary schools in Zagreb. During the compulsory check-up required for enrolment in school, their dentist established the oral health status on a unified printed form. In the first school days, a nurse, previously additionally educated in oral health prevention, gave an oral health education lecture, and immediately after the lecture the children participated in a children`s workshop by colouring the colouring books. Parent’s involvement was achieved through colouring books and a special bulletin prepared and sent to them. Two months later, the lecture and the workshop with a slightly extended program were repeated. A new bulletin was prepared for the parents. The check-up of children for establishing their eligibility for enrolment in the first grade showed that only 26.5% of the children had caries-free primary teeth and 76.2% of the children had caries-free secondary teeth.The results obtained at such oral health check-ups speak for the need to implement oral healt education, and in this way the oral health educational messages reach not only the children but also their teachers, nurses and parents. A rather bad oral health situation, established at compulsory check-ups for enrolment in school, and the interest raised with those involved in the program indicate the need to continue its implementation.

Turjak V, Barac-Furtinger V. Upotreba plosnatog čistača međuzubnog prostora-doprinos poboljšanju oralne higijene [in Croatian]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1998;32(Suppl):190.

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Barac-Furtinger V, Mandić-Budimlić Z. Prevencija karijesa CHX lakom u osoba s fiksnim ortodontskim aparatom [in Croatian]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1998;32(Suppl):157-8.

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Škrinjarić I, Barac-Furtinović V. [Anomalies of deciduous teeth and findings in permanent dentition]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(3):151-6.

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Title in English:	Anomalies of deciduous teeth and findings in permanent dentition
Title in Croatian:	Anomalije mliječnih zuba i stanje trajne denticije
Type of Article:	original scientific paper
MeSH:	TOOTH ABNORMALITIES TOOTH, DECIDUOUS TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY ANODONTIA + epidemiology FUSED TEETH
Abstract:	Prevalence of anomalies of deciduous teeth has been analyzed in the general population of Zagreb preschool children. The sample comprised 2,987 children from 3 to 6 years of age (1,582 boys and 1,405 girls). Hypodontia was found in 0.47%, hyperdontia in 0.10%, and double teeth in 0.43% of total sample. Total prevalence of all anomalies in the sample was 1.0%. The sample for the analysis of permanent dentition has been enlarged with the clinical sample of children having the same anomalies and comprised 48 children. In all children with anomalies of primary teeth the orthopantomograms were taken and the status of permanent dentition was analyzed. In children with hypodontia in primary dentition hypodontia of permanent teeth was found in 100% of cases. Patients with hyperdontia of primary teeth displayed anomalies in permanent dentition in 85.7%, while in children with primary double teeth, anomalies of permanent teeth were present in 61.1% of cases. Missing deciduous teeth were found in both jaws in only 8.7% of cases, and in 34.8% in permanent dentition. Symmetrical occurrence of hypodontia of primary teeth (i.e. in both sides of jaws) was significantly higher in boys (56.3%) than in girls (28.6%). In permanent dentition symmetrical occurrence of hypodontia was significantly higher than in primary dentition (81.3% in boys and 57.1% in girls). The most frequently missing primary teeth were maxillary lateral incisors (48.8%) followed by mandibular central incisors (34.9%). Hyperdontia of primary teeth has been found only in boys, and it related only to the maxillary lateral incisors. Anomalies of deciduous teeth show a high degree of association with the finding in the permanent dentition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Barac-Furtinović V, Škrinjarić I. [Double teeth in primary dentition and findings of permanent successors]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(1):39-43.

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Barac-Furtinović V, Rajić A. [A comparative analysis of oral health in mentally retarded and normal children]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1987;21(2):123-7.

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