Pattern of Presentation of Oral Health Conditions among Children at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Abstract

Saúde bucal; Criança; Educação em saúde. Oral health; Child; Health educati on. DESCRITORES KEYWORDS Objeti vo: Avaliar as condições de saúde bucal de crianças atendidas na Clínica Odontológica Infanti l. Método: Um estudo restrospecti vo de 30 meses foi conduzido em 462 crianças-222 (48,3%) do sexo masculino e 238 (51,7%) do sexo feminino, com até 16 anos de idade atendidas no Centro

Pattern of presentation of oral health conditions by children at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: A retrospective study

“…Out of the 305 children seen over the study period, there were more females (51.5%) than males (48.5%). This is similar to the patterns from studies by Denloye et al, [10] and Eigbobo et al, [11] the males were 48.1% and 48.3% respectively while the females were 51.89% and 51.7% respectively.…”

“…It was seen in 46.2% of the children who visited the dental clinic and it occurred more in females. [11] Mileva and Kondeva [18] also observed that the most common reason for making the first visit to the dentist among children was dental caries and its complications and 59.8% of the children made this visit. However, in this study dental caries and its sequelae was not the most common oral finding.…”

“…This finding compares to the result of Eigbobo et a1. [11] in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in which 4.1% of the children visited for asymptomatic reason. Denloye et al, [10] in Ibadan, Nigeria observed that 88.8% of the children had symptomatic visit while 11.2% had asymptomatic visit.…”

“…The greater occurrence in male may be as a result of the active nature of the males. 17% of children had dental trauma in a study by Osuji [12] while Eigbobo et al, [11] reported 9.1% cases of traumatic dental injuries.…”

Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practices of Expectant and Lactating Mothers regarding their own as well as their Infants’ Oral Health in Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

“…4,5 These interferences foster healthy dietary habits, enable proper monitoring of the developing dentition and occlusion, prevent dento-facial accidental injuries, and determine oral habits that may be harmful to occlusal development and general health of the oral tissues. 3,6 Thus, the level of knowledge of pediatric oral health care of mothers will pinpoint their competence to impose and improve such behaviors in their children. 7 The perinatal stage is explained as the period around the time of birth, starting with the accomplishment of the 20th throughout 28th week of pregnancy and ending 1 to 4 weeks following birth.…”