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Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The oral disease burden in Nigerian rural areas is considered high with limited dental services. Normative need assessment to facilitate oral health promotion and interventional activities is essential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dental service utilization and t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26942115 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.172951 |
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author | Okeigbemen, Sunny Ajimen Nnawuihe, Chiwendu Ukachi |
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description | BACKGROUND: The oral disease burden in Nigerian rural areas is considered high with limited dental services. Normative need assessment to facilitate oral health promotion and interventional activities is essential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dental service utilization and trends of patents attending a rural outreach dental clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted using data from clinical records of patients seen over a period of 54 months at a rural outreach dental clinic of comprehensive health center, Udo, Edo State, and were analyzed for descriptive variables with Chi-square test and P value set at ≤0.05 significance. RESULTS: One hundred and sixty four (164) patients [males = 74 (45.1%), females = 90 (54.9%)] were seen with a mean age of 36.15 ± 18.05 years. The major reason for clinic visit was due to dental caries (sequelae) and condition representing 43.3% and 34.8%, respectively. Extractions (41.5%) and scaling and polishing (S and P) (21.3%) accounted for the most frequently provided treatment. Almost 20% patients did not receive any form of treatment. CONCLUSION: The study revealed a low health seeking behavior, low utilization of dental services among the rural dwellers and need for oral health awareness, periodic screening, and preventive approach in the rural population through more frequent outreach visits of dental personnel resident in the community. |
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spelling | pubmed-47565652016-03-03 Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria Okeigbemen, Sunny Ajimen Nnawuihe, Chiwendu Ukachi J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article BACKGROUND: The oral disease burden in Nigerian rural areas is considered high with limited dental services. Normative need assessment to facilitate oral health promotion and interventional activities is essential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dental service utilization and trends of patents attending a rural outreach dental clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted using data from clinical records of patients seen over a period of 54 months at a rural outreach dental clinic of comprehensive health center, Udo, Edo State, and were analyzed for descriptive variables with Chi-square test and P value set at ≤0.05 significance. RESULTS: One hundred and sixty four (164) patients [males = 74 (45.1%), females = 90 (54.9%)] were seen with a mean age of 36.15 ± 18.05 years. The major reason for clinic visit was due to dental caries (sequelae) and condition representing 43.3% and 34.8%, respectively. Extractions (41.5%) and scaling and polishing (S and P) (21.3%) accounted for the most frequently provided treatment. Almost 20% patients did not receive any form of treatment. CONCLUSION: The study revealed a low health seeking behavior, low utilization of dental services among the rural dwellers and need for oral health awareness, periodic screening, and preventive approach in the rural population through more frequent outreach visits of dental personnel resident in the community. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4756565/ /pubmed/26942115 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.172951 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Okeigbemen, Sunny Ajimen Nnawuihe, Chiwendu Ukachi Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title | Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title_full | Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title_short | Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria |
title_sort | oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, udo, southern nigeria |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26942115 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.172951 |
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