Dental caries experience and treatment needs of an adult female population in Nigeria

Lawal, Folake Barakat; Alade, Omolola

doi:10.4314/ahs.v17i3.34

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“…This study attempted to investigate the prevalence of dental caries among patients attended the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital dental clinic. The overall prevalence of dental caries was 23.64% (95% CI: 19.30, 28.00) which was consistent with a study done in Bahir Dar (21.8%), 19 and Nigeria (25.3%), 20 and lower than the study done in Debre tabor Hospital (78.2%), Gondar (36.3%), 12 Addis Ababa (47.4%), 21 Axsum (35.4%), 22 Finote Selam (48.5%), 23 Sudan (42%), 24 Kosovo (72.80%) 25 and Eritrea (78%). 26 This difference might be due to the study population variation and the sociodemographic difference between the countries.…”

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<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Teshome¹,

Andualem²,

Derese³

2020

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Purpose: Dental caries are an emerging public health problem in developing countries in the last two decades. However, there is a paucity of data on dental caries in northwest Ethiopia. This study investigated the prevalence of dental caries and associated factors in northwest Ethiopia. Patients and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 368 patients who visited the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select the samples. Data were collected by three qualified dental surgeons using a pre-designed questionnaire modified from a WHO oral health survey and the clinical examination was done using the WHO dental caries diagnosis guideline. Data analysis was done using SPSS 20. Descriptive data were presented in tables and logistic regression analysis was done to identify the possible predisposing factors using odds ratios with 95% confidence interval. Results: The prevalence of dental caries in this study was 23.64% (95% CI: 19.30, 28.00) with a significant difference between females (30.56%) and males (17.02%). Being female (AOR=2.15 (95% CI: 1.31, 3.52), poor oral hygiene practice (AOR=2.44 (95% CI: 1.46, 4.07), being diabetic (AOR=8.15 (95% CI: 3.2, 20.75), low educational level (AOR=1.81 (95% CI: 1.05, 3.1), low monthly income (AOR=3.05 (95% CI: 1.54, 6.02) and halitosis (AOR=10.98 (95% CI: 5.68, 2.24) were significantly associated with dental caries. The mean DMFT score was 1.095±0.24 (SD). The majority of the DMFT (70.59%) was due to decay, while filled tooth accounted for only 2.17% of the DMFT. The DMFT score was higher in females (0.625), urban residents (0.85), and those with montly income of ≤2500 Ethiopian birr (0.86). The mean DMFT was 0.13. Conclusion: The prevalence of dental caries in the study participants was 23.64% andwas higher in males than females and in diabetic patients. Female gender, poor tooth brushing habits, diabetes mellitus, and halitosis were significant predictors associated with dental caries.

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<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Teshome¹,

Andualem²,

Derese³

2020

CCIDE

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“…Cost and availability of service concerning SES also influenced where treatment was sought. This conforms with the practice in other countries like China, where the private facilities were patronized by adults from higher-income households [ 41 ]. The poorest SES were also found to use home treatment and seek traditional healers more than their least poor counterparts.…”

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“…Households bear a greater portion of these costs and other indirect costs with little or no financial risk protection. To some households, this may be catastrophic [ 40 , 41 ]. This calls for a need to provide some sort of financial risk protection mechanisms such as dental health insurance as this will have a positive impact on oral health-seeking behaviour of households.…”

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Oral health-seeking behavior among different population groups in Enugu Nigeria

Onwujekwe

Uguru

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Introduction This study investigates the oral health-seeking behaviour of households and its influence on demand for dental caries treatment services in Enugu state Nigeria. Methods A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study was used to explore the oral health seeking pattern of 378 urban and 348 rural household respondents in Enugu state Nigeria. The study explored dental caries treatment-seeking, oral health behavior of respondents using the three dynamics of the Andersen and Newman health utilization model; predisposing, enabling and need factors. Findings Recommendations from community members (48.9%), severity of disease (22.1%), and cost of treatment (19.4%) all influenced where oral healthcare was first sought. Gender and type of occupation, influenced positive oral health-seeking behavior (p<0.05). The least poor socioeconomic status (SES) group, sought dental treatment in the private dental clinics, while the very poor and most poor SES groups used traditional healers, home treatment and patent medicine dealers more. Dental fillings and extractions were generally the most accessed treatment options for dental caries. The tendency for all the SES groups (especially the least poor), to choose tooth extraction more as a treatment option for dental caries was influenced by the oral health awareness level of respondents and the cost of dental fillings. (p<0.05). Conclusion The findings suggest that interventions to create increased oral health awareness targeted at education on preventive strategies, appropriate time and place to seek oral health care and dental caries treatment, as well devising and implementing health financing options such as dental insurance would enable individuals to seek appropriate treatment for dental caries on time. In addition, it will reduce the proportion of people visiting unorthodox healthcare providers for their oral health problems or choosing cheaper but inappropriate treatment options.

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“…This review shows that dental caries is a dental public health concern in Nigeria with a prevalence as high as 33% and mean decayed missing filled teeth (DMFT) range of 0.14–2.5 scores. [ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ]…”

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“…Comprehensive preventive services[ 14 17 , 20 ]: School-, community-, and hospital/clinic-based preventive services including minimal intervention dentistry.…”

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Prevention of dental caries in Nigeria: A narrative review of strategies and recommendations from 1999 to 2019

Okeigbemen¹,

Ibiyemi

2020

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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A BSTRACT Objectives: This narrative review aimed to show the approaches recommended for the prevention of dental caries in Nigeria by epidemiological surveys (P), primary preventive methods and strategies,( I) comparison preferred by experts (C) in the prevention of dental caries (O). Methods: An electronic literature search of some databases such as Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar, African Journal Online (AJOL) and Medline was conducted using these keywords delimited by Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT: “dental caries” “prevention” “Nigeria. Epidemiological studies using WHO criteria published in English between 1999 and 2019 were included in this study. Results: All studies that met the inclusion criteria were epidemiological cross-sectional studies, non-clinic –based. The approaches recommended include need for continuous caries surveillance, preventive and restorative programmes, primary prevention, use fluorides, oral health education and atraumatic restorative treatment. Conclusions: The recommended approaches should include continuous caries monitoring, comprehensive preventive and restorative programmes, primary prevention, use fluorides, oral health education and atraumatic restorative treatments in public schools and primary health care (PHC) centres. It is necessary to augment these approaches with undergraduate cariology curriculum review of dental schools, public-private partnership and oral health policy implementation with emphasis on prevention.

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Dental caries experience and treatment needs of an adult female population in Nigeria

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>

<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Oral health-seeking behavior among different population groups in Enugu Nigeria

Prevention of dental caries in Nigeria: A narrative review of strategies and recommendations from 1999 to 2019

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