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FIGURE 2—— Mean number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth for children aged 5 to 13 years from Indian Health Service patient surveys.

Note. The progress in the reduction of dental disease has reached a plateau in the decade of the 1990s after showing some success in the 1980s.

Source. The 1999 Oral Health Survey of American Indian and Alaska Native Dental Patients: Findings, Regional Differences and National Comparisons.¹