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Caries and oral hygiene in children in postwar Novi Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Zabok (Croatia)

The study was performed in 1997 and involved school children between the age of 6 and 12 in Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (n=203) and Zabok, Croatia (n=132). OHI-S and DMF index were used as main outcome measures. Prewar data were taken from the respective literature. In comparison to prewar data, DMF index in 1997 was considerabli higher. Increase of DMF index was higher in Novi Travnik than in Zabok, which can be attributed to the war and wartime conditions.

war; DMF index; OHI-S index

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