Early childhood caries and associated risk factors among preschool children in Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Kowash, Mawlood; Alkhabuli, J; Dafaalla, Safa Abdalla Elnour; Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad; Khamis, Ammar H.

doi:10.1007/s40368-017-0278-8

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“…The prevalence of ECC in the Abu Dhabi Emirate was reported to be 94% in 5-year-old children [13]. In Ras Al-Khaimah Emirate, a recent study [14] reported the prevalence of ECC was 74.1%.…”

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Changes in children’s oral-health-related quality of life following dental treatment under general anesthesia in the United Arab Emirates

Alantali¹,

Halabi²,

Hussein³

et al. 2019

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Background Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common childhood disease in preschool children which often require dental treatment under Dental General Anaesthesia (DGA). Aim: To assess the effect of DGA on United Arab Emirates (UAE) children and their families’ Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). Design: A cross sectional study, using a DGA pre-and post-survey to evaluate changes in OHRQoL. A total of 173 parents completed Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) before and after their children (mean age 4.6 years) underwent DGA by a pediatric dentist in Al-Ain, UAE from 1st March 2017 to 28th February 2018. The ECOHIS and its effect size (ES) served to evaluate children's OHRQoL, the Wilcoxon signed-rank and the Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for statistical analyses. Results: The mean dmft of the children prior to the treatment was 13.8+3.07. Children’s pain and eating problems and parents feeling upset and guilty were the most frequently reported impacts at baseline. The ECOHIS scores decreased significantly (p < 0.001) after DGA, revealing a large ES for the child (2.19) and family (2.79) sections of the ECOHIS. Conclusions: DGA treatment resulted in significant improvement in all child and family physical, psychological and social aspects of OHRQoL.

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“…The prevalence of ECC in the Abu Dhabi Emirate was reported to be 94% in 5-year-old children [13]. In Ras Al-Khaimah Emirate, a recent study [14] reported the prevalence of ECC was 74.1%.…”

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confidence: 98%

Changes in children’s oral-health-related quality of life following dental treatment under general anesthesia in the United Arab Emirates

Alantali¹,

Halabi²,

Hussein³

et al. 2019

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“…The child's parents/guardians play an important role in the development of healthy habits in children and sustaining the same during the child's transition into adulthood. [15] Improvement in children's oral health depends on parent's awareness, knowledge and education level. It is essential to start basic good oral health habits from childhood so that the important dental norms are formed and then maintained into future.…”

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Oral Health Knowledge, Awareness and Associated Practices of Pre-school Children’s Parents in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study.

Lala¹,

Kurdi²,

Kouchaji³

2020

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Abstract Background: Oral health hygiene and practices of pre-school children depends on the knowledge, awareness, and attitude of their parents. Parental education level, family background and family size play an important role in adapting oral hygiene practices. Also, oral health behaviors vary between boys and girls, and it is generally believed that girls are better at taking care of their oral hygiene than boys. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess oral health hygiene and practices of pre-school children (4-6 years old) and its correlation with their parent's education level, child gender and child order between his/her brothers in the family.Methods: A survey was conducted randomly among 270 parents of Damascus population. Access to the parents in the target age group was achieved through face-to-face interaction (14 parents), online (87 parents) and two different kindergartens in two different social areas (169 parents). A set of 17 questions were formulated, and the questionnaire was distributed. A comparison of the answers from the collected data was made on SPSS 24 using Chi-Square Tests.Results: Chi-Square Tests showed the important role of parental education level and its associated with regular dental visit (9.3%), temporary teeth treatment (48.1%), no early extracted teeth due to caries (48.5%) and no current caries (35.2%). On the other hand, there was no difference between child gender or order and daily oral hygiene practices.Conclusion: This study highlights the role of Parental education level in the quality of a child’s oral hygiene practices. Although some parents were aware of the importance of temporary teeth treatment and preventing caries through a regular dental visit, they weren’t aware of some deleterious oral habits.

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“…Elsewhere, the situation is the same. In the United Arab Emirates, 26% of all those in early childhood never saw the dentist [15].…”

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The role of paediatricians in the prophylaxis of early childhood caries

Fux-Zalewska

Kubić-Filiks

Szymańska

2018

Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

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The first visit to the dentist should take place within 6 months after the first deciduous tooth erupts, and not later than in the 12th month of the child’s life. To assess the role of paediatricians in the prophylaxis of early childhood caries, the authors studied recommendations given to parents about the age when their child should see the dentist for the first time. The survey covered 250 parents of children aged from 11 to 69 months who attended nursery schools and kindergartens in Lublin. Our results show that paediatricians only referred 12.80% (n = 32) of all children at the age of between 3 to 66 months for their first visit to the dentist. Herein, half of the references were of children younger than 2 years (Me = 24.0). In total, the mean age of the child was 22.41 ± 13.24 months on reference. Thus, paediatricians refer children to the dentist for their first visit too seldom and too late. It is essential that paediatricians learn to participate to a greater extent in the prevention of early childhood caries. The cooperation between the paediatrician and the dentist is necessary to provide complex and comprehensive care to developmental age patients.

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Early childhood caries and associated risk factors among preschool children in Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: The prevalence of dental decay and the mean dmft were high and the care index was extremely low. There is a great need for prospective studies and community preventive programs to solve the problem of ECC and set plans to treat open cavities in RAK preschool children.

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Changes in children’s oral-health-related quality of life following dental treatment under general anesthesia in the United Arab Emirates

Changes in children’s oral-health-related quality of life following dental treatment under general anesthesia in the United Arab Emirates

Oral Health Knowledge, Awareness and Associated Practices of Pre-school Children’s Parents in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study.

The role of paediatricians in the prophylaxis of early childhood caries

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