PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 4 April 1976, pp. 457-461
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rowe, N. H.
Right arrow Articles by Rowe, N.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rowe, N. H.
Right arrow Articles by Rowe, N.

The Effect of Age, Sex, Race, and Economic Status on Dental Caries Experience of the Permanent Dentition

Nathaniel H. Rowe D.D.S., M.S.D., Stanley M. Garn Ph.D., Diane C. Clark , Kenneth E. Guire M.S., Charles U. Lowe M.D., Gilbert Forbes M.D., Stanley Garn Ph.D., George M. Owen M.D., Nathan J. Smith M.D., William B. Weil Jr. M.D., Milton Z. Nichaman M.D., Erling Johansen D.D.S., and Nathaniel Rowe D.D.S.

The Ten-State Nutrition Survey data show a consistent, dramatic, and meaningful difference in dental caries experience between black and white children at all ages. This difference transcends socioeconomic grouping, nutritional level, and developmental status. This study also has shown an apparently protective effect of poverty insofar as dental caries is concerned. Children from lower-income families experienced less dental caries than children from higher-income families.