Epidemiology of Dental Caries among Adults in a Rural Area in India

Maru, Ami M; Narendran, Siddharth

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1155

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“…In a Sudanese study,[21] 87.7% of the teeth examined had untreated decay and in the survey conducted in a rural community in India, less than 20% of the people who were surveyed did not have untreated caries. [20] More females had dental caries in our study, however, this was not significant. This finding is comparable to the previous report, which states that females had a higher prevalence and severity of dental caries than males and that no significant difference occurred in caries prevalence between male and female genders.…”

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Prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene status of a screened population in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Olabisi

Udo

Ehimen

et al. 2015

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Objectives:The study was designed to determine the prevalence of dental caries and partial edentulism, in addition to assessing the oral hygiene status and restorative care among adults in a community-based outreach program in Port Harcourt.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults who participated in oral health screening program, which took place in Alakahia and Obigbo rural communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. After a brief oral health education, clinical examination was conducted and the diagnosis of caries was made based on the guidelines laid down by World Health Organization. Prevalence of caries was measured using decayed missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index, and oral hygiene status was assessed using the OHI-S. The restorative index [(F/F + D) ×100] was also calculated and the sociodemographic factors of the subjects were noted. Chi-square test, independent t-test and descriptive statistic were employed for analysis.Results:One fifty-five females (53.8%) and 133 males (46.2%) attended the events and their mean age was 29.3 ± 10.5 years. About one-third of the participants (35.1%) presented with dental caries. The mean DMFT for the whole group was 0.67 ± 2.0. The restorative index for the subjects was 26.8%. The oral hygiene status of most of the participants was fair. This was significantly better in females than in males (P = 0.002).Conclusion:Although about one-third of the participants had dental caries, only a quarter of them had received restorative care. Most of the respondents had fair and poor oral hygiene, this suggests the need to educate and motivate the community toward adopting and maintaining positive oral health attitudes and practices.

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“…[20] About 35% of the individuals who participated in the present study had dental caries. This was higher than the 22.6% previously reported among adult patients in Port Harcourt, Nigeria,[5] and slightly higher than 30% reported by Nguyen et al .…”

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Prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene status of a screened population in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Olabisi

Udo

Ehimen

et al. 2015

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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“…The mean DMFT was found to be 4.67, which was lower when compared to the 11.4 reported in a study done in Turkey 29 and 5.1 in a study one in rural part of India, 28 but higher than of the study done in Kenya (3.4). 30 The mean DMFT was increasing with age generally and this is compatible with the results of other studies.…”

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“…25,26 The caries occurrence in this study was quite large 87.84%, with the female patient having significantly higher occurrence of dental caries when compared within the same gender than the male patients (92.6% for female and 81.1% for male) .The high level of caries is consistent with the other studies done on rural parts of other countries. 27,28 This can be attributed to the easy and increased availability of fermentable carbohydrates including sweets to the rural population owing to globalization.…”

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Occurrence of Dental Caries among the Adults Attending a Regional Referral Hospital in Tanzania

Singh¹,

Stanslaus²,

Aroon³

et al. 2014

JOFR

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Background: Dental caries remain the main oral disease with greatest socioeconomic impact that correlates with lifestyle specifically dietary patterns and oral hygiene practices. Being a cumulative process, the numbers of individuals affected increase with age. This study aimed at determining the occurrence of dental caries among adult patients attending a public regional hospital. Materials and methods:A cross-sectional studies involving 436 adult patients who attended at Musoma Referral Hospital for dental care. Patients were systematically examined for dental caries, which were scored as per WHO criteria.Results: Among 436 patients 256 (58.7%) were female, with male to female ratio of 1: 1.42. The mean age was 36.9 ± 15.61 years with range of 18 to 91 years. One or more carious tooth was observed in 87.8%, the 18 to 29 years was the age group most affected. The mean decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) was 4.67 ± 0.19 whereby the D (decayed) component had the highest proportion 3.01 ± 0.12, and F (filled) component the lowest 0.1 ± 0.03. On average the M (missing) teeth was 1.57 ± 0.12. When compared within the gender the mean D component was significantly higher among female (p < 0.05). Conclusion:The caries observed occur more in females and in younger age group. The observed DMFT is much higher than population average since this is a cohort of patients seeking care. There is high D component and very low F component of DMFT mainly due to lack, and to some extent low utilization of restorative dental services.

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“…This prevalence was found to be lower than that reported in a rural Indian fi shing community 14 and among rural Indian adults. 15 However, this might be due, in part, to a correspondingly higher number of MT because of caries. The restorative treatment was virtually nonexistent.…”

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Factors influencing Oral Health and Utilization of Oral Health Care in an Indian Fishing Community, Mangaluru City, India

Pai¹,

Rao²,

Bhatt³

et al. 2017

World Journal of Dentistry

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Aim: The aim of this study was to assess factors infl uencing the oral health and utilization patterns of oral health services by fi shermen community in Mangaluru city, Karnataka, India. Materials and methods:A house-to-house survey was conducted among 840 individuals in fi shermen population. Oral health status was evaluated by employing the World Health Organization basic oral health survey form. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess patterns of utilization of dental services and their sociodemographic details.

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Epidemiology of Dental Caries among Adults in a Rural Area in India

Abstract: Background: Data on epidemiology of dental caries of adults in rural India appear to be sparse.

Cited by 33 publications

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Prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene status of a screened population in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene status of a screened population in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Occurrence of Dental Caries among the Adults Attending a Regional Referral Hospital in Tanzania

Factors influencing Oral Health and Utilization of Oral Health Care in an Indian Fishing Community, Mangaluru City, India

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