Dental health of children aged 6 and 12

Indicator are calculated only for children who are aged 6 and 12 during the reference year and included children about whom dentists were provided information.

Permanent teeth KPE Index. Number of (caries + fillings + extracts) permanent teeth divided by the number of patients aged 6 or 12 years.

Milk teeth KPE Index. Number of (caries + fillings) milk teeth divided by the number of patients aged 6 years or 12 years.

Patients with orthodontic abnormalities. The number of patients with orthodontic abnormalities in a given age group, divided by the total number of patients seen in a given age group and multiplied by 100.

Patients with Pathological Periodontal - The number of patients with abnormal periodontal in a given age group, divided by the total number of patients seen in a given age group and multiplied by 100.

A form “Information about dentist work included in Official Program of Statistics”.

The information shall be provided once a year by the dental institutions.

A form “Information about dentist work included in Official program of statistics” is submitted according to the Official Program of Statistics 2018-2020.

Statistical Yearbook of Health Care in Latvia Link

The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia

Janis Misins

Head of the Health Statistics Unit

Phone Number: +371 67501582

Creation date of metadata: 02.09.2019.