Prevalence of dental caries among school children in Meerut

Bansal, Rahul; Sharma, Sangeeta; Shukla, Arvind Kumar; Parashar, Pawan; Singh, Dharmender; Varshney, Amit Mohan; Ahmad, Sartaj

doi:10.21276/apjhs.2015.2.1.15

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“…It also affects ability to communicate and learn; school attendance and academic performance; and places a financial burden on the parents. [6] In 2003, Hobdell et al developed the new global goal for oral health 2020 for the promotion of oral health globally. One of its targets for dental caries is to reduce the Decayed Missing Filled Teeth (DMFT), particularly the D component at age 12 years by a defined percent with special attention to high-risk groups within populations.…”

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Assessing dental caries and related factors in 12-year-old Nigerian school children: Report from a Southeastern State

Akaji

Ikechebelu

Osadolor

2020

European Journal of General Dentistry

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Background/Aim: Dental caries is one of the most common diseases in the world and a common health problem among children. The aim of this study was to assess dental caries and related factors using the Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT), Significant Caries Index (SiC), Restorative and Met Need indices in 12-year-old schoolchildren in a Southeastern State of Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 360 twelve year old students selected by multistage sampling method from four schools in Enugu. Sociodemographic and behavioral data on dietary and oral health-care practices were collected using questionnaires, followed by an intraoral examination of each participant in accordance with the WHO criteria to determine their individual DMFT. Total and mean DMFT were obtained. SiC, Restorative Index (RI), and Met Need Index (MNI) were calculated. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS version 20. P ≤ 0.05 were accepted as statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of caries was 54.4%. Mean SiC/DMFT ratios of private and public school participants were 2.29/0.78 and 2.83/1.59, respectively. A zero RI and 0.02 MNI values were observed for all participants. Twelve (6.9%) public schoolchildren did not brush every day, although nearly 100% of them consumed cariogenic diet regularly. Conclusion: Despite low DMFT, number of teeth with untreated caries mirrored by zero RI and MNI values was high. Unhealthy dietary habits, suboptimal oral hygiene practices, and possibly lack of perception of gravity of caries were key influential factors. Efforts should be geared toward bridging these gaps through effective prevention program in schools.

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Assessing dental caries and related factors in 12-year-old Nigerian school children: Report from a Southeastern State

Akaji

Ikechebelu

Osadolor

2020

European Journal of General Dentistry

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“…This increasing prevalence of dental caries needs dental health programs, which target the specific segment of population. 11 Since, there is a paucity of such data in the state and the literature review does not reveal many such studies from our area in view of addressing the demand for this need, this study was undertaken with the objectives to determine the prevalence of dental caries among school going children in Sulur.…”

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Prevalence of Dental Caries Among School Children in Sulur - Coimbatore

Kannan¹,

Govindarajan²

2017

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BACKGROUNDDental caries is a universal health problem with involving the people globally of all regions and society. The agonising fact is that despite several efforts towards total eradication, dental caries is still prevalent. As the prevalence of dental caries is very high among school children and there is a paucity of such data in Coimbatore and the literature review does not reveal many such studies from this area, the study was conducted in the school going children in Sulur. MATERIALS AND METHODSAll the students were screened visually using torch with the help of mouth mirror and probe and the observation recorded. A health screening camp was conducted for the students in private school, Sulur, February 20-25, 2017, by a team of doctors from PSG UHTC. A total of 1945 students were screened. The students health details have been entered in their health card and those requiring further evaluation have been counseled and the nursing staff at school has been requested to facilitate and guide for followup. All the students were screened visually using torch with the help of mouth mirror and probe and the observation recorded. All the students who were present in school during 20 th to 25 th were screened and considered as the inclusion criteria. The exclusion criteria were the absentees during this period. The students were made to sit in an ordinary chair in broad daylight facing away from the sunlight and examined in their school. Data were compiled in an excel worksheet and the percentage calculated. RESULTSA total of 1945 students were screened, of which, 541 students were found to have dental problems that is about 28% of the total screening done. The percentage of dental caries were found to be higher compared to other dental diseases like deep caries, malalignment, malocclusion and calculus. The percentage of dental caries was found to be higher in the females about 78% than the male for whom it was about 72%. The percentage of deep caries in female was 12% and male was 13%. The malocclusion in female 14% and 1% MFA (myofunctional appliance), male were about 15%. The percentage of calculus in female was 8% and male 13% and the follow up procedure for these conditions will be restoration, extraction, braces and MFA appliance and scaling. CONCLUSIONThe high prevalence rate shows further follow up and awareness among teachers, parents and students regarding dental caries and dental hygiene is needed. Awareness among students can be generated by the school teachers because they are role model for the students.

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“…This discrepancy can be attributed to different age group and geographic locations of that study. 6,12,13 Further various factors like availability of dental services and level of oral health awareness leads to wide variation in the level of disease in same age group. 7 In the present study, the prevalence of dental caries among the children of 5-7 years age group (54.24%) was higher than the prevalence of dental caries among children of 8-10 years age group (51.11%).…”

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Prevalence and determinants of dental caries among primary school children in urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a cross sectional study

Arunkumar

Gopalakrishnan²,

Devi³

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Dental caries is a preventable multi factorial disease which shows increase in prevalence over last five decades in India. In order to reduce its magnitude and for effective prevention and control, the risk factors and distribution should be well known. This study was planned with the objective of assessing the prevalence and determinants of dental caries among primary school children in an Urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.Methods: This school based cross sectional study was carried out between November 2017 and February 2018 using a sample size of 430 selected from two schools by simple random sampling. Data were collected using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire, which were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 and presented using descriptive and analytical statistics.Results: Among the study participants, 52.9% had dental caries. Plaque accumulation was noted in 46.2%. About 74% were taking junk foods daily. About 47.1% children were rinsing their mouth daily and 34.6% were brushing more than once daily. Factors found to be protective against dental caries were high socio economic class and daily mouth rinsing habit. Odds of getting dental caries was more among children with visible dental plaque, daily junk foods intake, brushing once daily and failing to brush after foods.Conclusions: Dental caries is a high prevalent, preventable disease affecting both young and old aged individuals that can be mitigated by health education activities. Proper oral hygiene can prevent dental caries. Hence more importance should be given for oral hygiene and behavioral changes in dietary habits.

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Prevalence of dental caries among school children in Meerut

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Assessing dental caries and related factors in 12-year-old Nigerian school children: Report from a Southeastern State

Assessing dental caries and related factors in 12-year-old Nigerian school children: Report from a Southeastern State

Prevalence of Dental Caries Among School Children in Sulur - Coimbatore

Prevalence and determinants of dental caries among primary school children in urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a cross sectional study

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