Oral health status of 5 years and 12 years school going children in Chennai city--an epidemiological study.
Oral health status of 5 years and 12 years school going children in Chennai city--an epidemiological study.
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金奈市5岁和12岁在校儿童口腔健康状况——流行病学研究
DOI：
10.4103/0970-4388.16021
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发表时间：
2005
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M. Jayanthi
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作者：
P. M. Kumar;T. Joseph;Rahul Varma;M. Jayanthi
印度是一个发展中国家，在满足口腔健康需求方面面临着许多挑战。印度大部分人口居住在农村地区，其中40%以上是儿童。本研究的目的是评估金奈市5岁和12岁学龄儿童的口腔健康状况。研究人群包括1200名男女学童（600名私立学校和600名公司学校的儿童），在30所学校，这是随机选择的。该调查是基于WHO，1999年口腔健康评估，已修改，包括牙龈评估，牙釉质混浊/发育不全5年。对这些儿童口腔健康状况的评估显示，龋齿是影响恒牙的最常见疾病，超过乳牙，在公司比在私立学校更多，因此，与社会经济地位相关。因此，我们可以得出结论，牙齿健康教育的最大需求是在早期，包括正确的指导口腔卫生习惯和学校为基础的预防计划，这将有助于改善预防牙科行为和态度，这是有益的终身。
India, a developing country, faces many challenges in rendering oral health needs. The majority of Indian population resides in rural areas of which more than 40% constitute children. The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status of 5 years and 12 years school going children in Chennai city. The study population consisted of 1200 school children of both the sexes (600 private and 600 corporation school children) in 30 schools, which had been selected randomly. The survey is based on WHO, 1999 Oral Health Assessment, which has been modified by including gingival assessment, enamel opacities/ hypoplasia for 5 years. Evaluation of the oral health status of these children revealed, dental caries is the most prevalent disease affecting permanent teeth, more than primary teeth and more in corporation than in private schools, thereby, correlating with the socioeconomic status. It may be concluded that the greatest need of dental health education is at an early age including proper instruction of oral hygiene practices and school based preventive programs, which would help in improving preventive dental behaviour and attitude which is beneficial for life time.