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Oral Health of Rural Cameroonian Children: A Pilot Study in Bamendou

Access to dental care in Cameroon is a public health issue, particularly for children living in rural areas. Given the lack of recent data, the investigation of children’s oral health along with their oral hygiene behavior, needs in terms of care, and access to oral hygiene materials were investigat...

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Autores principales: Aimond, Guillaume, Thivichon-Prince, Béatrice, Bernard-Granger, Célia, Gisle, Coline, Caron, Tatiana, Jiokeng, Andre Valdese, Majoli, Stefano, Maurin, Jean-Christophe, Ducret, Maxime, Laforest, Laurent
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10453488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081396
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author Aimond, Guillaume
Thivichon-Prince, Béatrice
Bernard-Granger, Célia
Gisle, Coline
Caron, Tatiana
Jiokeng, Andre Valdese
Majoli, Stefano
Maurin, Jean-Christophe
Ducret, Maxime
Laforest, Laurent
author_facet Aimond, Guillaume
Thivichon-Prince, Béatrice
Bernard-Granger, Célia
Gisle, Coline
Caron, Tatiana
Jiokeng, Andre Valdese
Majoli, Stefano
Maurin, Jean-Christophe
Ducret, Maxime
Laforest, Laurent
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description Access to dental care in Cameroon is a public health issue, particularly for children living in rural areas. Given the lack of recent data, the investigation of children’s oral health along with their oral hygiene behavior, needs in terms of care, and access to oral hygiene materials were investigated. This cross-sectional pilot study was conducted in Bamendou, Western Region of Cameroon. The study population included 265 children aged 3–18 years who completed a questionnaire about their oral hygiene practices. A clinical examination assessed dental caries, calculus, gingivitis, and oral hygiene. The Chi-squared test was used to identify potential factors influencing caries prevalence rates (significance threshold: p < 0.05). Among the 265 children (females: 41.5%, mean age 9.3 years), caries prevalence (ICDAS ≥ 2) was 78.5% and significantly increased with age: 62.2% (3–6 years), 80.9% (7–11 years) and 84.1% (12–18 years, p = 0.01). Virtually no children (95.1%) had ever visited a dentist. While only 23.4% of children brushed their teeth at least twice a day, 14% worryingly reported the use of products other than toothpaste (ash, soap, salt, or bicarbonate) and 13.6% no brushing product. The present study revealed a high prevalence of dental caries in this population and inadequate toothbrushing habits, which highlights the need for preventive oral health education and intervention to address these issues.
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spelling pubmed-104534882023-08-26 Oral Health of Rural Cameroonian Children: A Pilot Study in Bamendou Aimond, Guillaume Thivichon-Prince, Béatrice Bernard-Granger, Célia Gisle, Coline Caron, Tatiana Jiokeng, Andre Valdese Majoli, Stefano Maurin, Jean-Christophe Ducret, Maxime Laforest, Laurent Children (Basel) Article Access to dental care in Cameroon is a public health issue, particularly for children living in rural areas. Given the lack of recent data, the investigation of children’s oral health along with their oral hygiene behavior, needs in terms of care, and access to oral hygiene materials were investigated. This cross-sectional pilot study was conducted in Bamendou, Western Region of Cameroon. The study population included 265 children aged 3–18 years who completed a questionnaire about their oral hygiene practices. A clinical examination assessed dental caries, calculus, gingivitis, and oral hygiene. The Chi-squared test was used to identify potential factors influencing caries prevalence rates (significance threshold: p < 0.05). Among the 265 children (females: 41.5%, mean age 9.3 years), caries prevalence (ICDAS ≥ 2) was 78.5% and significantly increased with age: 62.2% (3–6 years), 80.9% (7–11 years) and 84.1% (12–18 years, p = 0.01). Virtually no children (95.1%) had ever visited a dentist. While only 23.4% of children brushed their teeth at least twice a day, 14% worryingly reported the use of products other than toothpaste (ash, soap, salt, or bicarbonate) and 13.6% no brushing product. The present study revealed a high prevalence of dental caries in this population and inadequate toothbrushing habits, which highlights the need for preventive oral health education and intervention to address these issues. MDPI 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10453488/ /pubmed/37628396 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081396 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Majoli, Stefano
Maurin, Jean-Christophe
Ducret, Maxime
Laforest, Laurent
Oral Health of Rural Cameroonian Children: A Pilot Study in Bamendou
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081396
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