WHO oral health assessment form 2013 has now made different forms for children and adults. what is the the maximum age till children form should be filled?
is it 15 years as per recommendation - not to probe pocket depth in children under 15 years is mentioned and children form only has assessment of bleeding score is given under periodontal status........
Sir, children till the age group of 14year age can be examined by using WHO profprma 2013.
Sir...14 years is the cut off for children to be examined using WHO proforma....
ANSWER- 15 years (cut off age)
AT 5 years it is practicable and feasible, this age is of interest in relation to caries levels in primary dentition, which may exhibit changes over a shorter time span than in the permanent dentition at other index ages. In age groups(6 to 8 yrs), missing primary incisors should not be scored as missing because of the difficulty in differentiating between normally exfoliated primary incisors and those lost because of caries or trauma.
12 years
Age is important as it is generally the age at which children leave primary school. Therefore in many countries, it is last age at which a reliable sample may be obtained easily through the school system. Also, it is likely that by this age all the permanent teeth except the 3rd molars will have erupted. For these reasons, age 12 years has been chosen as the global indicator age group for international comparisons and surveillance of disease trends.
15 years (cut off age)
By 15 years, the permanent teeth have been exposed to the oral environment for 3 to 9 years. The assessment of caries prevalence in adolescents may therefore be relevant
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