Prevalence of dental caries among school children in Meerut
Prevalence of dental caries among school children in Meerut
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密拉特学童的龋齿患病率
DOI：
10.21276/apjhs.2015.2.1.15
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2015
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Sartaj Ahmad
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R. Bansal;Saurabh Sharma;A. Shukla;P. Parashar;D. Singh;A. Varshney;Sartaj Ahmad
背景：健康的牙齿和口腔组织以及口腔保健的需要对社会的任何部分都很重要。龋病是人类文明进步的产物，具有很高的发病率，正日益成为人类关注的焦点。人口中龋齿的患病率和发病率受许多危险因素影响，如性别、年龄、社会经济地位、饮食模式和口腔卫生习惯。尽管有可靠的科学进步和龋齿是可以预防的事实，但这种疾病仍然是一个主要的公共卫生问题。本研究旨在评估印度北方邦密拉特市05-18岁学龄儿童的龋齿患病率。目的：了解密拉特市05-18岁学生龋病患病情况。方法：采用以学校为基础的横断面研究。从密拉特市所有学校中采用简单随机抽样的方法抽取了一所公立学校和一所私立学校的4433名学生（05-18岁）进行调查。结果：共检出龋病1366例（30.9%）。牙斑、牙列拥挤和牙列骨折的患病率分别为12.03%、08.00%和01.01%。结论：密拉特市两所学校的龋病患病率都很高。定期的牙齿检查和日常口腔卫生程序的教育是我们的需要，以改善学童的牙齿健康。
Background : Healthy teeth and oral tissues and the need for o ral health care are important for any section of society. Dental caries, the product of man's progre ss towards civilization, has a very high morbidity potential and thus, is coming into focus of the mankind. The prev alence and incidence of dental caries in a populati on is influenced by a number of risk factor such as sex, age, socioeconomic status, dietary patterns and ora l hygiene habits. Despite credible scientific advances and th e fact that caries is preventable, the disease cont inues to be a major public health problem. This present study was desi gned to assess the prevalence of dental caries amon gst school children between 05-18 age in Meerut city, UP India. Objective: To assess the prevalence of dental caries among 05-18 years school students of Meerut city. Methods: A school based cross sectional study was conducted . A total of 4433 school students (05-18 years) were examined from one government and one private schools that w ere selected by simple random sampling method among all the schools in Meerut city. Results: The prevalence of dental caries was found 1366 (30.9%). Prevalence of Dental stains, dental crowding & Ellis fracture we re 12.03%, 08.00% and 01.01% respectively. Conclusion: Dental caries was found to be very high in both th e schools of Meerut city. Regular dental checkups and education on routine oral hygiene procedures is the need of h our for better dental health of school children.