Ola Norderyd, Göran Kochi, Apostolos Papias, Alkisti Anastassaki Köhler, Anna Nydell Helkimo, Carl-Otto Brahm, Ulrika Lindmark, Ninita Lindfors, Anna Mattsson, Bo Rolander, Christer Ullbro, Elisabeth Wárnberg Gerdin, Fredrik Frisk
The aim of the this study was to present data on oral care habits and knowledge of oral health in 2013, and to compare these data with results from a series of four previous cross-sectional epidemiological studies. All these studies were carried out in the city of Jönköping, Sweden, in 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, and 2013. The 1973 study constituted a random sample of 1,ooo individuals evenly distributed in the age groups 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years. The same age groups with addition of a group of 80-year-olds were included in the 1983, 1993, 2003, and 2013 studies, which comprised 1,104; 1,078; 987; and 1,010 individuals, respectively...
2015: Swedish Dental Journal