Caries and background factors in Norwegian and immigrant 5‐year‐old children

Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina J.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00502.x

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“…It seems that the rate of dental caries increases in students with an increase in age in Iran. Studies conducted in India and England reported similar findings (5,6). A report of 7-year-old school children conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2006, showed that the mean of decayed and filled teeth was 6.92 ± 3.94 and 0.79 ± 1.47, respectively, which was much higher than our results (17).…”

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“…According to the WHO statistics, about 60% -90% of the students suffer from dental caries in a global level (3). This disease is associated with different factors such as the bacterial effect (4), level of income and culture of the society (5), living in a single-parent family (6), parental educational level (7), and nutrition and physical conditions of the children like obesity (8). As a result, oral health has become an important entity in WHO programs in different countries (9).…”

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Evaluation of Decay and Filling Dental Index in the 7 Years Old Children of Iran and Its Relationship with Economic Inequity

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Objectives: To determine the status of tooth decay and filling, in 7-year-old Iranian children, as well as a relationship with economic inequity Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 cities of Iran using random cluster sampling. In the selected cities, a number of primary schools were considered and all first grade students were evaluated. The data of the dental status of the students were collected from the health IDs completed in the beginning of the educational year. Results: Of 4614 selected students, 4106 participated in the study (response rate = 89%). The mean number of decayed and filled teeth was 1.7 (1.51 -1.88) and 0.26 (0.22 -0.29), respectively. The mean number of decayed (P = 0.330) and filled (P = 0.148) teeth showed no difference between boys and girls. The distribution of the number of decayed (1.16 to 2.06) and filled (0.15 to 0.4) teeth was different in different cities (P < 0.001). Parental education had an inverse and direct relationship with the number of decayed and filled teeth, respectively (P < 0.001). Moreover, 41.62% (37.36 -45.88) and 16.56% (14.46 -18.66) of 7-year-old Iranian children had at least 1 decayed and filled tooth, respectively. The concentration index was 0.016 (0.012) for decayed and 0.165 (0.020) for filled teeth. Conclusions:We evaluated the dental status of 7-year-old Iranian children in this study for the first time. According to our findings, 58% of 7-year-old children have dental problems such as carries as well as fillings. Economic inequity, in the distribution of filled teeth, indicated a high number of filled teeth in the wealthy class of the society.

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Evaluation of Decay and Filling Dental Index in the 7 Years Old Children of Iran and Its Relationship with Economic Inequity

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“…20 Our results showed a similar percentage of caries-free children in comparison to those of previous international studies from the United Kingdom (rate of 60.0%) 21 and Norway (rate of 66.0%). 22 Nevertheless, the level of caries-free children did not meet the goal established by the WHO/FDI for 2010 that 90% of children should be free of caries at age 5 and 6 years. It is important to note that studies must be compared with caution because there are variations in the diagnostic criteria and in the selection of indices used to evaluate the disease in this age group.…”

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Socio-behavioral factors influence prevalence and severity of dental caries in children with primary dentition

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The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of sociobehavioral variables on the prevalence and severity of dental caries in 4-to 6-year-old children. A cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 1993 children enrolled in 58 public preschools from Araçatuba City, São Paulo State, Brazil, during 2010. The exams were made using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth index (World Health Organization methodology) and detection criteria for non-cavitated lesions. A tested, self-administered questionnaire was sent to parents to obtain information about their socio-behavioral characteristics. Standardization was performed to verify concordance among examiners (kappa = 0.84). The prevalence of cavitated caries lesions was 41.2% (821), and the prevalence of both, cavitated and non-cavitated caries lesions, was 43.9% (875). The means ± standard deviations of the decayed, missing, and filled teeth index for children aged 4, 5, and 6 years were 1.18 ± 2.45, 1.65 ± 2.67, and 1.73 ± 2.77, respectively. Caries were significantly more prevalent in children from families with low incomes and low educational levels. The presence of dental caries was associated with access to dental services (p < 0.05). The associations between both, cavitated and non-cavitated dental caries lesions, and the frequency of oral hygiene were statistically significant. The prevalence of dental caries in preschoolers was strongly associated with factors related to the children's parents. Therefore, information about parents' socio-economic status, behaviors, and attitudes in relation to oral health should be considered when planning prevention and educational programs for the oral health of preschool children.

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“…I en raekke nordiske studier er det påvist, at bl.a. foraeldrenes uddannelsesniveau og familiens indkomst har sammenhaeng med forekomsten af caries hos børn og unge, ligesom migration har en sammenhaeng med øget forekomst af tandsygdomme (4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Med hensyn til caries er det en risikofaktor at tilhøre en etnisk minoritetsgruppe, men der er dog tale om inhomogene grupper med forskelligt sprog, kulturelle vaner og karakteristika (9).…”

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Caries and background factors in Norwegian and immigrant 5‐year‐old children

Cited by 93 publications

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Evaluation of Decay and Filling Dental Index in the 7 Years Old Children of Iran and Its Relationship with Economic Inequity

Evaluation of Decay and Filling Dental Index in the 7 Years Old Children of Iran and Its Relationship with Economic Inequity

Socio-behavioral factors influence prevalence and severity of dental caries in children with primary dentition

Faglige udfordringer for fremtidens tandpleje, set i et samfundsodontologisk perspektiv

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