Research Outputs (Oral Health Sciences)

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    Social class, parents' education and dental caries in 3- to 5-year-old children
    (1990) Chosack, A.; Cleaton-Jones, P.; Matejka, J.; et al
    The caries prevalence of 1273-, 4- and 5-y-old white children was determined with mirror and probe under natural light at mother and child clinics. The social class of the family, the educational level of the mother and that of the father were determined from a questionnaire filled in by the accompanying adult at the time of examination. Both social class and parent's education had a statistically significant influence on the caries prevalence: those in the lower social classes and with parents without tertiary education had a much higher prevalence of caries
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    Desegregating health statistics and health research in South Africa
    (1997) Walker, A. R. P.; Sitas, F.; Cleaton-Jones, P. E.; et al
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    Dental caries in 11-year-old Indians in four religious groups
    (1990) Dockrat, M.; Cleaton-Jones, P.
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    Permanent denition caries in KwaZulu and Namibia 11-year-olds
    (1990) Hargreaves, J. A.; Cleaton-Jones, P.; Matejka, J.; et al
    The permanent dentitions of 11-year-old children in Namibia (n = 295) and KwaZulu (n = 308) living in rural and urban areas were examined using WHO caries diagnostic criteria. In low fluoride areas (less than 0.15 ppmF) significantly more caries was present in rural compared to urban KwaZulu but the prevalences in rural and urban Namibia were similar although significantly higher than in an area with 1.56ppmF in the drinking water. There was significantly more caries in rural Namibia than KwaZulu but the urban prevalences in both regions were similar. It is suggested that the urban findings are useful predictors for the needs of 11-year-old black children but local baseline surveys should be undertaken before considering dental programmes, treatment or preventive, for different rural communities in South Africa.
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    Analysis of attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics 1995 - 2002
    (2004) Harkison, B. N.; Cleaton-Jones, P. E.
    BACKGROUND: Patient attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics increased during the year after the implementation of free primary oral health care in 1995. OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to examine if the attendance rates continued to increase between April 1995 and March 2002. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Monthly clinic records were used to record casual (pain and sepsis treatment) and booked patient attendance (restorative, prosthetic and orthodontic treatment) and number of dental operators in the nine primary health care clinics and one hospital clinic in Soweto. Data were analysed with SAS and Prism software. RESULTS: Total patient attendances in the primary health care clinics significantly increased from 6,161 in 1995 to 10,519 in 2002 (P<0.05) due to an increase in casual patients Booked patients decreased and patients treated per operator increased. In the hospital clinic the casual patient attendances decreased but booked patients significantly increased (P<0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Patient attendance rates increased between 1995 and 2002 with an increase in dental operator workload.
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    Oral glucose clearance in 12-year-old South Africans
    (1997) Lowe, L. G.; Cleaton-Jones, P. E.; Smit, A. M.
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    Virodene — support misguided
    (1997) Kalk, W. J.; Cleaton-Jones, P. E.; Allwood, C. W.; et al
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    Eruption of primary teeth in South Africans from one year of age
    (1997-02) Hargreaves, J.A.; Cleaton-Jones, P.E.; Fatti, L.P.; Roberts, G.J.; Hargreaves, V
    Erupted primary teeth were recorded in I 446 South African children from five communities. The data were grouped into 3-month age bands and subjected to Probit analysis. Eruption times were similar in boys and girls. Apart from children of Indian descent having significantly fewer incisor teeth erupted at one year compared to the four other groups, there were no significant differences in canine and molar eruption times among the children. This paper defines primary tooth eruption ages in South African children for anthropological, clinical and forensic use.