70% Indonesians have tooth decay: Association
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 08/17/2011 9:28 AM
70% Indonesians have tooth decay: Association
Nearly 70 percent of Indonesians have tooth decay and yet only 1.6
percent of them have sought treatment, an association has said.
School of Dentistry Association chairman Eky S. Soeria Soemantry said
Tuesday in Jakarta that the figures covered children and adults.
He added that up to 89 percent of children under the age of 12 had
tooth cavities.
“People are reluctant to have regular dental checks because they’re
afraid it’ll hurt and they think it’s costly,” Eky said.
He said that the modern equipment in dental clinics and hospitals
enabled treatment for tooth decay to be relatively painless.
He added that the cost should not be too high if patients visited
dentists before the tooth decay became severe, tempointeraktif.com
reported.
Nearly 70 percent of Indonesians have tooth decay and yet only 1.6 percent of them have sought treatment, an association has said.
School of Dentistry Association chairman Eky S. Soeria Soemantry said Tuesday in Jakarta that the figures covered children and adults.
He added that up to 89 percent of children under the age of 12 had tooth cavities.
“People are reluctant to have regular dental checks because they’re afraid it’ll hurt and they think it’s costly,” Eky said.
He said that the modern equipment in dental clinics and hospitals enabled treatment for tooth decay to be relatively painless.
He added that the cost should not be too high if patients visited dentists before the tooth decay became severe, tempointeraktif.com reported.
