To evaluate dental status of children with hearing and speech impairment of Karachi Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: This cross sectional study was conducted in Karachi, Pakistan for a period of 6 month among 106 children with hearing and speech impairment aged 5-15 years of either gender attending Deaf Reach School. After taking informed consent the subjects were examined for oral health status. Dental caries was assessed by using DMFT index and Oral hygiene status was assessed by using oral hygiene index simplified (OHIS). The data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. RESULTS: The overall caries prevalence in the study population was 51% with an overall mean DMFT score of 2.08 (±2.97). Out of 106 hearing and speech impaired children, majority had good hygiene status (48.1%), 46.2% had fair hygiene status and only 5.7% had poor hygiene status with overall mean OHI-S score of 1.45±1.01. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of dental caries was observed among hearing and speech impaired children.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of dental caries and oral hygiene status of children with Down syndrome, Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: It was a cross-sectional study conducted at Special needs children School Karachi, Pakistan & the duration of study was 6 months. Total 119 children with Down syndrome of age 5-20 years of either gender were enrolled. After taking informed consent the subjects were examined for dental caries and dental status. Dental caries were assessed by using DMFT index and Oral hygiene status was assessed by using oral hygiene index?simplified (OHI-S). The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 23. Results: The overall caries prevalence in the study population was 68.1% with an overall mean DMFT score of 1.10±1.31. Out of 119 children with Down syndrome, majority had good hygiene status (51.2%), 27.7% had fair hygiene status and 21% had poor hygiene status with overall mean OHI-S score of 1.79±1.43. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of dental caries was observed among children with Down Syndrome. There is a high need for an epidemiological survey followed by the comprehensive dental care programs for these children, as well as efforts should be taken to encourage and promote parents of these children to improve their oral health.
Background: Maxillary canines are considered as the keystone of mouth. It plays main role in supporting the upper lip and biting and tearing of food. Canines are also called as cuspids, the upper one is second most common teeth. The purpose of this research was to find the pattern and prevalence of the maxillary canine. Study design: It is a retrospective study conducted for the duration of six months from April 2022 to September 2022 at the dental department of Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi. Material and Methods: The study was conducted on 200 subjects visited the dental sciences department of the hospital. The patients who willingly participated in the study was included. The CBCT data was collected and sorted for the further use. Results: Out of the 200 subjects, the 96 (48%) males and 104 were females. The left buccal quadrant of impaction was observed in the 21 males and 15 females. The 5 male and 10 female subjects have the both buccal impaction position. The 8 male and 10 female have the both platal position of impaction. The prevalence of subtype l was 55% in the female and 44% in the males. The subtype II was observed in the 44% females and 55% males. There was no case of type IV subtype. The type VII prevalence was also higher in female 66% as compared to males 33%. Conclusion: The maxillary canine impaction is higher in the female as compared to the males. The impaction prevalence is most commonly observed on the left side as compared to the right side. It was also observed that the buccal and palatal impaction are predominant than other impactions. Keywords: cuspids, maxillary canine, palatal impaction
Pregnant women of age 18-45 years visiting antenatal clinic were included. The dental examination was carried out to assess the dental caries in accordance with the WHO diagnosis criteria. Frequency of dental caries along with factors like age, socioeconomic status, educational status, occupation, BMI, residence, family structure, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes were noted. SPSS version 23 was used to analyze data. The univariate logistic regression was applied to identify the significant predictors of dental caries at p<0.10. The factors which were significant in univariate logistic regression model were added in final single multivariate logistic regression model. P<0.05 was taken as statistically significant Results: Of 375 pregnant women, mean age was 30.32 ±4.37 years. Most of the women were from low socio-economic class 237 (63.2%), uneducated 231 (61.6%) and belonged from rural areas 196 (52.3%). Frequency of dental caries was found to be 108 (28.8%). In multivariate logistic regression model, (aOR=9.53, 95% CI=3.93-23.10), uneducated females rural area residents (aOR=19.73, 95% CI= 7.50-51.88), presence of gestational diabetes (aOR=8.86, 95% CI=3.78-20.73) and presence of gestational hypertension (aOR=4.33, 95% CI=2.01-8.92) remained statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion:A higher frequency of dental caries was observed in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. The significant factors that remained associated with dental caries in final multivariate model were education, residence, gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus.
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