Assessment Of Dental Caries And Oral Health Care In Children And The Impact Of School On Them (Cross-sectional study)
Keywords:
Dental caries, caries risk assessment, DMFT/dmft index, tooth brushing, dental visits, school.Abstract
Introduction: Dental caries remains the most prevalent disease among humans and is particularly common in children aged 5 to 17 years, according to World Health Organization statistics from 2022. Schools and communities play a significant role in public and dental health by reducing the spread of diseases through awareness and timely management.
Objective of the Study: To assess the impact of schools (public and private) on the prevalence of dental caries and caries risk assessment, frequency of tooth brushing, and number of dental visits.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 370 children from public and private schools in the city of Latakia, aged between 6 and 10 years.
Their teeth were examined to evaluate the prevalence of caries and caries risk assessment using the DMFT/dmft index. Additionally, a questionnaire was used to assess oral healthcare practices.
Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of dental caries, caries risk assessment, frequency of tooth brushing, or number of visits to the dentist between public and private schools.
Conclusion: The current study found that whether a child attends a private or public school does not affect the prevalence of dental caries, caries risk assessment, oral health care practices.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The authors retain the copyright and grant the right to publish in the magazine for the first time with the transfer of the commercial right to Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series
Under a CC BY- NC-SA 04 license that allows others to share the work with of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors can use a copy of their articles in their scientific activity, and on their scientific websites, provided that the place of publication is indicted in Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series . The Readers have the right to send, print and subscribe to the initial version of the article, and the title of Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series Publisher
journal uses a CC BY-NC-SA license which mean
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.