Abstract
The incidence of dental decay has decreased in the world. Over the last 10 years, epidemiological studies in children aged 0–60 months in the Brazilian cities of Aracatuba, Araraquara, Bauru, Brasilia, Brasilia, Diadema, Goiânia, Juiz de Fora, Londrina, Natal and Piracicaba found the lowest incidence of caries in deciduous dentition in Goiânia (13%) and the highest incidence in Natal (71%). These studies are important in order to plan future programmes and to evaluate the development pattern of caries in this age group, so that intervention with a preventive and/or restorative approach can be adopted. The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of tooth decay in children of both genders, aged 0–60 months, in Bilac, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, where the public water supply is not fluoridated. Tooth examinations were performed on the National Vaccination Day by a single examiner, trained and calibrated for the DMF (decayed, missing, filled) index, according to the diagnostic criteria described by the World Health Organization WHO (1997). Intra-examiner agreement for dental caries diagnosis was
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