Dental Caries Prevalence in Secondary School Students in Iraq

Abstract

Caries data from 952 secondary school students in Iraq representing three geographic regions were obtained and analyzed on the basis of sex, geographic, and urban-rural differences. A DMFT of 5.47 and a DFS of 6.17 were recorded for the total sample. Greater caries experience was noted in urban residents, females, and those from the Central region.

Gender differences in oral health in South Asia: Metadata imply multifactorial biological and cultural causes

“…A similar trend toward higher caries prevalence or experience in females to that documented here for South Asians has been reported in neighboring countries of southwest Asia (including Iran (Hessari et al, 2008;Ramezani et al, 2004), Iraq (Legler et al, 1980), Israel (Zusman et al, 2005), Saudi Arabia (Farsi, 2008), and Turkey (Demirci et al, 2010)). Less complete documentation of caries rates by gender is available for southeast Asians, yet several reports of female gender bias toward poorer oral health have been published, including an analysis of a large sample (n 5 2,965) of adults aged 45 years and over in Vietnam (Nguyen et al, 2010), and a study of aboriginal children (Orang Asli, n 5 305) in Malaysia (Kadir and Yassin, 1990).…”

Dental caries prevalence and risk factors among 12-year old schoolchildren from Baghdad, Iraq: a post-war survey

“…Even though previous studies in Iraq have documented the fluoride concentration in drinking water 23,24 , it was important to re-assess the fluoride level since concentrations can vary with time as a result of climate, precipitation and temperatures over the year. The fluoride concentration was too low to have had any preventive effect on dental caries.…”

Dental caries experience and availability of sugars in Iraqi children before and after the United Nations sanctions

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