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  Children's Dental Health 2003 - Risk Factors for Dental Diseases - Chapter Two
 The most common dental diseases are infections resulting from plaque - soft bacterial accumulations - on tooth surfaces and gums.- Overall, more than half of the children (59%) surveyed in Peel had soft deposits on their teeth while 7% had hard deposits (calculus or tartar).
- There were no significant differences in plaque and tartar accumulation among children by municipality.
- Overall, children born outside Canada exhibited higher levels of dental disease than their Canadian-born equivalents. This trend was observed for all indicators of oral health status assessed except for fluorosis.
Chapter Two - Risk Factors for Dental Disease (PDF file 487 KB)
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