Dental Attendance Pattern and Caries Experience Profile in Adult Belgian Citizens: Data from the National Oral Health Survey 2013

Abstract

In 2012–2014 a national Oral Health Data Registration and Examination Survey took place in Belgium. This included oral examination of a sample representative of the population aged 5 years and older and a self-administered questionnaire (dietary and oral health habits), collected by a dentist during a home visit. Caries experience was recorded according to WHO criteria and expressed using D3MFT. [...