Long-term monitoring and a possibility of the further improvement of children’s oral health in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia

Abstract

Purpose. Retrospective analysis of the dental caries prevalence among children and adults in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Materials and methods. Meta-analysis of the epidemiological data for 40-years period of dental caries monitoring in three countries. Results. The average scores of the DMFT, dental caries trends, efficacy of prevention programs and possible risk factors were estimated in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russianpopulation. Conclusions. There are evident positive results of the dental caries primary prevention programs among schoolchildren, however their long-term effect was less notable. The study results suggested a necessity of the optimization of prevention and oral health care to the total population.