Caries experience in the primary dentition of nursery school children in ile-ife, Nigeria.

Abstract

Objective: To measure the prevalence and pattern of distribution of dental caries in suburban Nigerian children attending nursery school in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Methods: A cross sectional survey of 423 children (225 boys, 198 girls) aged 3-6 years using dmft index. WHO recommendations for oral health survey were used for caries diagnosis (non cavitated lesions were excluded). All examinations were carried out by two calibrated examiners. Result: The prevalence of caries was 10.9% and a mean decayed, missing and filled teeth index (dmft) was 0.3 with the d-component comprising 92%.The mean dmft of children with high social status was higher than children with low social status. No statistically significant differences were found between boys and girls. The pattern of distribution revealed that out of 46 children diagnosed for caries 29 (63%) had caries confined to posterior teeth, 3 (6.5%) had caries only in anterior teeth and in 14(30.4%) both anterior and posterior teeth were affected. Caries free children accounted for 89.1% Discussion: The experience of caries in suburban Nigerian nursery school children found in this study was lower than that reported in most African countries and developed countries. Conclusion: Caries is not a widespread problem in some young suburban Nigerian nursery school children in the population examined. The importance of dental education and oral health programme both curative and preventive measures for this population are important to maintain the WHO / FDI millennium goal in Nigerian children population.

Oral Health Status Related to Social Behaviors among 6 - 11 Year Old Schoolchildren in Kosovo

“…Inadequate nutrition and fluid intake can result in serious problems; therefore, decreased intake of sugars and well-balanced nutrition can prevent tooth decay and premature tooth loss. The percentage of carious teeth in schoolchildren from Kosovo is lower compared to that of other studies ( 40 , 41 ). Our results confirmed the fact that there is a significant correlation between frequencies of consumption of sweetened beverages and confectionery items such as sweets and chocolate per day, and prevalence of caries.…”

Prevalence of early childhood caries and its risk factors in 18-72 month old children in Salem, Tamil Nadu

“…In this study it was observed that girls had higher prevalence of ECC than boys; however, this difference was not statistically significant. Similar reports by Ueda et al .,[ 31 ] Adekoya-Sofowora et al .,[ 32 ] de Carvalho et al .,[ 33 ] Wyne et al .,[ 14 ] and Abou El-Yazeed et al . [ 34 ] also showed no significant difference in ECC prevalence between boys and girls.…”

Avaliação clínica da saúde bucal de pré-escolares do município de Alfenas e Areado - MG

“…Uma situação inversa é encontrada em sociedades africanas (ADEKOYA-SOFOWORA et al, 2006). As famílias de baixo NSE convivem com inúmeras dificuldades, como o acesso a serviços de saúde, educação e ofertas de trabalho.…”

“…Os pais são os modelos para os filhos e, portanto, precisam ser incentivados a monitorar a higienização bucal diária das crianças. A importância de progamas preventivos no controle do biofilme dentário (SANTOS et al, 2008) ou da cárie dentária (FREIRE et al, 1997), também tem sido demonstrada por outros autores, Bader et al, 2005;Adekoya-Sofowora et al, 2006;Gussy et al , 2006;Pasareanu, 2007;Simratvir et al, 2009. Apesar do IPV em Alfenas ser menor de forma significante, em relação ao de Areado, também foi observado que para todas as crianças havia uma alta prevalência de biofilme, sugerindo que a escovação, na quase totalidade delas, não está sendo efetiva, reforçando a necessidade de um adulto auxiliar na escovação dos dentes da criança.…”

“…(GRACIANO, 1980;ARNLAUGSSON, MAGNUSSON, 1996;FREIRE et al, 1996;CARVALHO et al, 2002;TOMITA et al, 2007), ou ainda como relata Santos et al, (2008) a um pior nível de saúde periodontal. (SHOU, UITENBROEK, 1993;PETERSEN, 2005;ADEKOYA-SOFOWORA, 2006;FELDENS et al, 2006;DUMITRACHE, SFEATCU, BUZEA, 2008; Embora se saiba que a escola pública se relacione ao NSE mais baixo, (TINOCO, GJERMO, 1992;FREIRE et al, 1996;GALGUT, 1999;CARVALHO et al, 2002), ao considerar os dois municípios juntos, comparando-os quanto ao tipo de escola (privada x pública), observou-se que não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre elas quanto aos índices ceos e IPV, embora eles tenham sido pouco menores nas escolas privadas; concordando Carvalho et al, (2002) e Couto et al (2005). Esses dados, no entanto, diferem dos obtidos por Freire et al, (1996) Em relação ao acesso à assistência odontológica, existem poucos estudos avaliando a contribuição dos serviços odontológicos para a melhoria dos níveis de cárie na população.…”