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Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of dental caries in the primary and permanent teeth, and evaluate the brushing habits of school children in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This study was conducted at Dammam, KSA. Oral examination of the participants was conducted from Februar...

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Autores principales: Farooqi, Faraz A., Khabeer, Abdul, Moheet, Imran A., Khan, Soban Q., Farooq, Imran, ArRejaie, Aws S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25987118
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.6.10888
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author Farooqi, Faraz A.
Khabeer, Abdul
Moheet, Imran A.
Khan, Soban Q.
Farooq, Imran
ArRejaie, Aws S.,
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Khabeer, Abdul
Moheet, Imran A.
Khan, Soban Q.
Farooq, Imran
ArRejaie, Aws S.,
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description OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of dental caries in the primary and permanent teeth, and evaluate the brushing habits of school children in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This study was conducted at Dammam, KSA. Oral examination of the participants was conducted from February to May 2014. The total sample size for this cross-sectional study was 711. There were 397 children between the age of 6-9 years, who were examined for primary teeth caries, and 314 between the age 10-12 years were examined for permanent teeth caries. Primary and permanent dentitions were studied for decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft [primary teeth], DMFT [permanent teeth]). RESULTS: The overall prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth was almost 73% (n=711). Among the 6-9-year-old, the prevalence of caries was approximately 78% (n=397) whereas, among the 10-12-year-old children, it was approximately 68% (n=314). Mean dmft value among the 6-9-year-olds was 3.66±3.13 with decayed (d) component of 3.28±2.92, missing (m) component of 0.11±0.69, and filled (f) component of 0.26±0.9. Mean DMFT value among the 10-12-year-old children was 1.94±2.0 with decayed (D) component of 1.76±1.85, missing (M) component of 0.03±0.22, and filled (F) of component 0.15±0.73. Daily tooth brushing had a positive effect on caries prevention, and this effect was statistically significant for caries in primary teeth. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth was not found to be as high as other researchers reported from different cities of KSA, still the prevalence was high considering the World Health Organization future oral health goals. Awareness should be provided to students, as well as, teachers and parents regarding the importance of good brushing habits and regular dental visits.
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spelling pubmed-44549102015-06-04 Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia Farooqi, Faraz A. Khabeer, Abdul Moheet, Imran A. Khan, Soban Q. Farooq, Imran ArRejaie, Aws S., Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of dental caries in the primary and permanent teeth, and evaluate the brushing habits of school children in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This study was conducted at Dammam, KSA. Oral examination of the participants was conducted from February to May 2014. The total sample size for this cross-sectional study was 711. There were 397 children between the age of 6-9 years, who were examined for primary teeth caries, and 314 between the age 10-12 years were examined for permanent teeth caries. Primary and permanent dentitions were studied for decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft [primary teeth], DMFT [permanent teeth]). RESULTS: The overall prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth was almost 73% (n=711). Among the 6-9-year-old, the prevalence of caries was approximately 78% (n=397) whereas, among the 10-12-year-old children, it was approximately 68% (n=314). Mean dmft value among the 6-9-year-olds was 3.66±3.13 with decayed (d) component of 3.28±2.92, missing (m) component of 0.11±0.69, and filled (f) component of 0.26±0.9. Mean DMFT value among the 10-12-year-old children was 1.94±2.0 with decayed (D) component of 1.76±1.85, missing (M) component of 0.03±0.22, and filled (F) of component 0.15±0.73. Daily tooth brushing had a positive effect on caries prevention, and this effect was statistically significant for caries in primary teeth. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth was not found to be as high as other researchers reported from different cities of KSA, still the prevalence was high considering the World Health Organization future oral health goals. Awareness should be provided to students, as well as, teachers and parents regarding the importance of good brushing habits and regular dental visits. Saudi Medical Journal 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4454910/ /pubmed/25987118 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.6.10888 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Farooqi, Faraz A.
Khabeer, Abdul
Moheet, Imran A.
Khan, Soban Q.
Farooq, Imran
ArRejaie, Aws S.,
Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title_full Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title_short Prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in Eastern Saudi Arabia
title_sort prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and its relation with tooth brushing habits among schoolchildren in eastern saudi arabia
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25987118
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.6.10888
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