TREATMENT NEEDS AND TREATMENT TIME FOR SOLDIERS IN DENTAL FITNESS CLASS-2

A systematic random sample of 962 dental records of soldiers in class 2 was reviewed by six general dentists and their estimates of periodon tal and non-periodontal treatment time were recorded. The majority (88 .9%) required some treatment. Periodontal treatment time ranged from 0 to 18 hours with a median and mode of 0 hours, a mean of 1.18 hours, and a standard deviation of 2.96 hours. Non-periodontal treatment time ranged from 0 to 58 hours with a median of 3 hours, a mode of 0 hours , a mean of 4.51 hours, and a standard deviation of 5.11 hours. When c onsultation time is included, the total time was 5.89 hours per soldie r.