Oral Health in Guatemalan Rural Populations

¹ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 10239, USA and the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala CA

In three Guatemalan rural populations absence of preventive measures, lack of oral hygiene, and poor diet were associated with severe dental caries. Young subjects with deciduous teeth had a higher incidence of caries than previously reported. Good masticatory functional patterns prevailed.