Prevalence of dental pain and its relationship to caries experience in school children of Udupi district

Yeturu, Sravan Kumar; Acharya, Shashidhar; Pentapati, Kalyana Chakravarthy

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“…In contrast, the self-perceived dental pain had the highest specificity, but low sensitivity. Self-perceived dental pain reported in this study was higher than that was reported among adolescents in India [12]. In a previous study evaluating self-perceived oral health condition, a high sensitivity (0.85) and maximum specificity (1.00) were found [7].…”

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“…No study has yet compared assessment strategies in younger, preteen chidren. Moreover, studies in India [11], New Zealand [12] and Brazil [13] revealed that self-perceived dental pain in adolescents was associated with the presence of dental caries and dental service use, and that its substantial effects indicates an urgent need for public health strategies. Therefore, present study was limited to children aged 12-15 years as the mixed dentition period has already ended and all permanent teeth, except for the third molars, have erupted by this age.…”

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Diagnostic Validity of Self-Perceived Dental Caries in Indonesian Young Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years

Maharani

Kurniawan

Agustanti

et al. 2019

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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Objective: To compare self-perceived information and clinically diagnosed dental caries status among Indonesian children aged 12-15 years. Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was used to obtain self-perceived information. Clinical examinations were conducted to determine the mean number of decayed, missing or filled teeth (DMFT) and the presence of severely decayed teeth with visible pulpal involvement, ulceration caused by dislocated tooth fragments, fistula, and abscess (PUFA). The study included 494 children aged 12-15 years recruited from six junior high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. The clinical examination results and responses to the self-perceived assessment questionnaire were compared to determine the sensitivity and specificity. Results: The proportions of children with dental caries and clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in this study were 69.4% and 17.6%, respectively, with mean DMFT and PUFA index scores of 2.4 and 0.2, respectively. For the DMFT index, the self-perceived need for oral treatment had the highest sensitivity (86%), while the dental pain had the highest specificity (89%). For the PUFA index, the self perceived oral health condition had the highest sensitivity (92%), while the self-perceived dental pain had the highest specificity (82%). However, none of the self-perceived variables had both high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion: Self-perceived information obtained from the questionnaire can not properly evaluate the clinical status of dental caries.

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Diagnostic Validity of Self-Perceived Dental Caries in Indonesian Young Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years

Maharani

Kurniawan

Agustanti

et al. 2019

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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“…The cross-sectional design does not give the time relationship between the variables, which does not allow determining causality between the predictors and the outcome. Also, children’s experience of pain was assessed by a single question, not a specific validated questionnaire, although reliable responses were obtained from children, since pain is a subjective phenomenon that can be measured by self-reported questions [37]. Moreover, only children from public schools were included in the present study, therefore, conclusions should be made carefully.…”

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Prevalence of self-reported dental pain and associated factors among eight- to ten-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren

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Aim To assess the prevalence of self-reported dental pain and its association with sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral/psychosocial indicators among 8- to 10-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren. Design A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,589 eight- to ten-year-old children randomly selected from public schools of Florianopolis, Brazil. Self-reports of dental pain were collected through a single question as follows: “In the last month, how many times have you had pain in your teeth?” Caries experience was determined by the DMFT/dmft index and its clinical consequences by the PUFA/pufa index. Dental trauma, dental fluorosis and molar-incisor hypomineralization were assessed through the Andreasen, Dean and European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry classifications, respectively. Clinical signs of dental erosion were also observed. Sociodemographic indicators were obtained through a questionnaire answered by the children’s caregivers. Information about behavioral/psychosocial indicators was collected through questions from the Brazilian version of the Child Perception Questionnaire 8–10 years (CPQ 8–10 ). Descriptive analysis, chi-square test, and hierarchically adjusted Poisson regression models were performed. Results 819 children (51.5%) reported episodes of dental pain in the last month prior to the study, whereas 55.6% (n = 509) were girls. The presence of dental pain was significantly associated with sex, trouble sleeping, difficulty eating, school absenteeism, difficulty with paying attention in class, difficulty doing homework, staying away from recreational activities, caries experience, PUFA/pufa index and ulceration (p<0.05). Conclusion The prevalence of self-reported dental pain in 8- to 10- year-old Brazilian schoolchildren was high and was associated with sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral/psychosocial indicators.

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“…Sixteen publications reported a prevalence of more than 50% (Adeniyi and Odusanya 2017; Alzahrani 2019; Barreto et al 2017;Bashirian et al 2018;Dandi et al 2011;Van Dijk et al 2006;Hu et al 2018;Petersen 2011, 2009;Mishra et al 2018;Naidoo et al 2001;Oliveira et al 2018;Santos et al 2019;Shekhawat et al 2016;Shidara et al 2007;Soares et al 2015). Only ten studies reported a prevalence of less than 10% (Ananthakrishnan et al 2001;Booth et al 1992;Hardy et al 2018;Karibe et al 2015;Lemes et al 2015;Rupali et al 2010;Sarri et al 2012;Siegal et al 2004;Siqueira et al 2013;Sousa et al 2014) and 18 publications reported prevalence between 10 and 20% (Bastos et al 2008;Corrêa-Faria et al 2018;Dogar et al 2011;Du et al 2011;Evans et al 1995;Figueiredo et al 2011;Goettems et al 2018;Guskuma et al 2017;Kamran et al 2017;Kumar et al 2014;Lewis and Stout 2010;Maharani et al 2019;Misrohmasari et al 2018;Perera and Ekanayake 2008;Ratnayake and Ekanayake 2005;Tr...…”

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Global and regional estimates of dental pain among children and adolescents—systematic review and meta-analysis

Pentapati

Yeturu

Siddiq

2020

Eur Arch Paediatr Dent

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Aim We aimed to evaluate the pooled prevalence of dental pain amongst children and adolescents. Methods Studies conducted in children and adolescents up to18 years of age and where prevalence of dental is reported or calculated were included. Search was performed in four major databases from inception to June 1st, 2019. Prevalence estimate at the maximal recall for the dental pain for the individual study was used to calculate the overall pooled estimate. Results The prevalence of dental pain ranged from 1.33 to 87.8% in the included publications for quantitative synthesis (n = 97). More than half of the publications reported the lifetime prevalence of dental pain (n = 51) while few studies reported the current prevalence of dental pain (n = 3) and only one study evaluated the dental pain in the past one week. Heterogeneity was high among the included publications (Q = 49,063.12; P < 0.001; df = 96 and I 2 = 99.8; P < 0.001). Overall pooled prevalence of dental pain was 32.7 (CI = 29.6-35.9). No difference was seen with respect to the trends in prevalence of dental pain (Coefficient: 0.005; 95% CI − 0.001-0.011; P-value: 0.101). Conclusion Two out of ten children below five years, four out of ten children between 6 and 12 years and three out of ten adolescents between 13 and 18 years would have experienced pain in the past. Overall, three out of ten children or adolescents might have experienced dental pain in the past. There was no difference in the pain prevalence between male and females. Studies from Africa reported highest pooled prevalence (50.1%) with least being from Australia (20.7%). Studies from India (40.4%), China (41.3%) and Iran (42.6%) reported high pooled prevalence estimates of dental pain.

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Prevalence of dental pain and its relationship to caries experience in school children of Udupi district

Abstract: The substantial effect that dental pain has on adolescents indicates an urgent need for public health strategies.

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Diagnostic Validity of Self-Perceived Dental Caries in Indonesian Young Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years

Diagnostic Validity of Self-Perceived Dental Caries in Indonesian Young Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years

Prevalence of self-reported dental pain and associated factors among eight- to ten-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren

Global and regional estimates of dental pain among children and adolescents—systematic review and meta-analysis

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