Dental caries experience and treatment needs of an adult female population in Nigeria.
Afr Health Sci
; 17(3): 905-911, 2017 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29085419
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Experience and awareness of adult females concerning dental caries is important in its prevention particularly in children because of their natural role as care givers.OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in an adult female Nigerian population.METHODS:
In this cross-sectional study, adult females attending outreach programmes were examined for dental caries using the Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth caries index (DMFT). Socio-demographic variables were also recorded and statistical analysis done with SPSS software.RESULTS:
A total of 430 females aged 16 to 59 years participated in the outreach programme out of which 109 (25.3%) had a DMFT score > 0. Mean DMFT was 0.7 ± 1.6. Fifty-five (12.8%) participants had decayed teeth, 78 (18.1 %) had missing teeth and 10(2.3%) had filled teeth. The treatment need was 34.3%, restorative index was 13.3% and significant caries index was 2.0. There were significant differences in caries experience based on age, marital status and educational qualifications of participants p < 0.05.CONCLUSION:
The prevalence of dental caries among the study group was low but the treatment need was high. Younger females, singles and those with lower educational qualifications had a higher dental caries experience.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tooth Loss
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Dental Care
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Dental Health Services
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Afr Health Sci
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article