id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_5foxdwr6pvbmper7twmbf5lqxa Robert A. Bagramian Oral Health Status, Knowledge, and Practices in an Amish Population 1988.0 5 .pdf application/pdf 4082 402 72 Oral Health Status, Knowledge, and Practices in an Amish Population Oral Health Status, Knowledge, and Practices in an Amish caries experience, periodontal health, and oral hygiene filled surfaces (DMFS), periodontal index (PI), and simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S). study population emphasize the need for dental public Key Words: Amish, caries, periodontal disease, oral The oral health of numerous contemporary a n d indigenous populations has been studied in different nations (1-11). health status of the Amish population, which differs Amish population due to the small numbers of participants in the study and potential selection bias. related to oral health knowledge, 44 percent to dental ratio for the 5-17-year-old age group in the study population was 62.6 percent. Low levels of dental caries found in Amish children population consists primarily of irregular dental attenders, a high D/DMFS ratio, indicating unmet restorative needs, was expected in Amish children. ./cache/work_5foxdwr6pvbmper7twmbf5lqxa.pdf ./txt/work_5foxdwr6pvbmper7twmbf5lqxa.txt