Dental Caries and Associated Factors in 3–5-Year-Old Children in Guizhou Province, China: An Epidemiological Survey (2015–2016)

Guan, Min; Nada, Ola A.; Wu, Juanjuan; Sun, Jiang-ling; Li, Na; Chen, Liming; Dai, Tai-ming

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.747371

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“…Tooth decay was reported among 184 of children (61.3%) whereas gingivitis was noted among 92 of children (30.7%) followed by toothache 22.3% and others 17.7% Table (1). A consistent result in China by Guan et. (2021) reported that the caries prevalence was 63.1% of a total 1,291 children aged 3-5 years.…”

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Mothers' Knowledge Toward Oral Health of Children Under 5 Years Old

Jumaa¹,

Turki²,

Hattab³

2022

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Background: Poor oral hygiene may have a mainly effect on body health in general. Childhood is an important period of life that needs to be monitored closely so that the child will grow up healthy. As a child spends majority of time with his mother, she has the key role in his healthy and proper developing. The mother’s knowledges, towards the oral health care of their children acts as a significant predictor of the child’s health. Objective(s): This study aimed to evaluate mothers' knowledge toward oral health of children under 5 years old. Methodology: A descriptive study design carried out between October 27th, 2021 to march 30th 2022 on mothers of children under 5 years at primary dental health care, to evaluate the mother knowledge about oral health. The research sample includes (310) mothers of children under five years old. They are selected by using non-probability sampling (convenience sample). Results: Results shows that "Stages of tooth development and growth" observed that most of the mothers respondents had responded at a high level evaluating and assigned 4 (57.14%) items with a moderate, and 3(42.86%) items with a high levels, then followed by the second sub domain of "Role of Fluoride in Dental Health" had a moderate evaluating for 5(80.0%) items, while leftover item are assigned a high evaluation level, the third sub domain of "Children's Diet and Oral Hygiene" had a high evaluating for 3(42.86%) items, while it came to evaluate moderate for two items, and the other two were assigned at low levels. Finally, the fourth subdomain "Problems and Diseases of Teeth and Gums among Children" revealed that mothers' respondents had responded at a moderate level evaluating 6(42.86%) items, and with a high level 5(35.71%) items, while leftover items of low level are accounted 3(21.43%). Conclusion: Mothers knowledge's items regarding Children’s Oral Health has a evaluate at a moderate level generally assigned somewhat away from the target in which that achieving the goal of this study. Recommendation: Encourage mothers to regular visit to dentist clinic and assess the children oral cavity and identify any health problems .Teach child to brush with fluoride toothpaste after eating or drinking any meal. Reduce eating sweeting and chocolate meals and make sure to brush teeth after eating them. Improving and providing health services in primary health care dental services. Keywords: Mothers, knowledge, Oral health, Children under 5 years old.

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Mothers' Knowledge Toward Oral Health of Children Under 5 Years Old

Jumaa¹,

Turki²,

Hattab³

2022

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“…The present study revealed that the caries prevalence and the mean dmft of ECC among children aged 3-5 years in Xiangyun (74.3%, 4.9) were much higher than the national average score (62.5%, 3.35) reported by the fourth national epidemiological survey ( 5 ). Moreover, the ECC prevalence in this sample is not only higher than results in recent surveys of relatively developed regions, such as Guangdong (68.3%) ( 12 ), Shanghai (between 29.38% and 50.25% among 3–5-year old children) ( 15 ), and Zhejiang (70.4%) ( 14 ), but also developing regions, such as Weifang (between 46.4 and 63.1% among 3–5-year old children) ( 16 ) and Guizhou (63.1%) in China ( 13 ). These results indicate that dental caries is a severe and urgent problem among children in Xiangyun, China.…”

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“…In this study, both higher parental education level and family income were related to the notably higher frequency of brushing teeth and parental supervision of brushing teeth, a higher proportion of children using fluoride toothpaste and receiving fluoride varnish, and better knowledge about whether decayed primary teeth need treatment and teeth need protections ( Tables 4 , 5 ). In general, parents with higher socioeconomic status will have much more opportunities to access health information, preferentially attend public dental services, and receive oral health advice ( 13 , 21 ), which, in turn, can contribute to caries prevention for children. Nevertheless, high socioeconomic status did not correlate with good dietary habits for caries prevention in the present study.…”

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Early childhood caries prevalence and associated factors among preschoolers aged 3–5 years in Xiangyun, China: A cross-sectional study

Liu

Song

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Front. Public Health

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PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the early childhood caries (ECC) prevalence among preschoolers aged 3-5 years in Xiangyun of Yunnan, China and explore the factors associated with the prevalence.Materials and methodsA cross-sectional survey including 3-5-year-old children was conducted in Xiangyun County, China, between September and November 2020. According to the dental examination standard of the WHO 2013 criteria, the presence of ECC was recorded. Besides the dental examination for children, their parents completed questionnaires about caries-related factors, including demographic variables, family socioeconomic status, feeding, and oral health-related habits, parental dental knowledge, and the condition of dental service utilization. SPSS Statistics 25.0 (IBM, Chicago, IL, USA) was used for data analysis. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.ResultsThe ECC prevalence among a sample of 1,280 children aged 3–5 years consisting of 665 boys and 615 girls in this study, was 74.3%, and the mean decayed-missing-filled teeth (dmft) was 4.9 ± 5.0. There were no statistically significant differences in the ECC prevalence between the sexes and among different ethnic groups. Children with different dietary and oral hygiene habits showed no significantly different prevalence of ECC. Logistic regression analysis showed that the most significantly associated factors were older age, lower family income, and worse parental perception of children's oral health status.ConclusionThe ECC prevalence among 3–5-year-old preschool children in Xiangyun was higher than the average national ECC prevalence in China. This study implies that more attention should be given to children's caries prevention from early childhood; oral health education and promotion should be intensified to reduce the ECC prevalence and improve the oral health status of children in Xiangyun.

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“…This study investigated the dental caries rate and related factors of preschool children from Chongming islet in China. The dental caries rate of preschool children in Chongming isket was 45.69%, which was lower than that of children aged 3-5 years in China (62.5%) [9]. By 2020, the global rate of dental caries in primary teeth of children is about 46.2% [10], while the World Health Organization's 2020 global oral health goal is that 80% of children aged 4-5 years are caries free [11].…”

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The status and associated factors of earlychildren caries among Preschoolchildren in Chongming islet， China: across-sectional survey

Liu

Huang

et al. 2022

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Background: Dental caries of preschool children (Early Children Caries, ECC) has become a crucial oral health problem. The aim of this research was to investigate the prevalence of dental caries among preschool children from Chongming islet and analyze the related factors. Methods: A total of 939 preschool children from 5 kindergartens in Chongming islet of China were selected by random sampling method from January to April 2022 to study the incidence of dental caries and related risk factors. Results: The prevalence of ECC in Chongming islet was 45.69%, the mean dmft was 2.911±1.568. In multivariable modeling, eating dessert between meals or before sleeping (OR=3.049, P <0.001), sweetened milk (OR=2.389, P =0.027), the caregiver had dental caries (OR=1.888, P <0.001), age of children (OR=1.758, P <0.001),preference of beverages (OR = 1.250, p = 0.029), and frequency of snacking (OR = 1.191, p = 0.034) are independent risk factors for the development of ECC, brushing teeth time of children (OR = 0.765, p = 0.77) and caregivers help children brushing teeth or check children brushing effect (OR = 0.788, P =0.066) were protective factors for children's dental caries. Conclusions: Children should reduce the frequency of eating snacks, reduce the consumption of sugary beverages, sweet food, and train children to brush their teeth correctly, ensure the effect of brushing teeth, urge children to develop good oral hygiene habits, which is helpful to reduce the risk of dental caries in children.

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Dental Caries and Associated Factors in 3–5-Year-Old Children in Guizhou Province, China: An Epidemiological Survey (2015–2016)

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Mothers' Knowledge Toward Oral Health of Children Under 5 Years Old

Mothers' Knowledge Toward Oral Health of Children Under 5 Years Old

Early childhood caries prevalence and associated factors among preschoolers aged 3–5 years in Xiangyun, China: A cross-sectional study

The status and associated factors of earlychildren caries among Preschoolchildren in Chongming islet， China: across-sectional survey

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