ECC Status, CRAFT Categorization and OHRQoL Assessment in 3-6-year-old Children: A Cross-sectional Study.
| Autor: | Iyer CR; Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Y.M.T. Dental college and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Jawdekar AM; Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry [Int J Clin Pediatr Dent] 2023 Mar-Apr; Vol. 16 (2), pp. 199-204. |
| DOI: | 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2219 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Early Childhood Caries (ECC) can affect the health and quality of life of the children. Assessing a patient's risk of developing caries is an important aspect of caries management; however, can assessing the caries risk predict the impact of ECC on the OHRQoL? Few Indian studies have reported association between caries status, risk, and the impact on OHRQoL. Aim: To assess the association between dental caries status, risk assessment, and OHRQoL in 3-6-year-old children. Methodology: A total of 50 healthy children were recruited in a cross-sectional study. Parents filled the ECOHIS questionnaire. Caries status, risk, and OHRQoL were measured as dmft-pufa, CRAFT (Caries Risk Assessment for Treatment- an indigenous tool) and ECOHIS scores, respectively. Results: Moderate correlation was seen between dmft and ECOHIS scores (r = 0.496, p < 0.01), and pufa and ECOHIS scores (r = 0.408, p < 0.05). More number of subjects with higher scores of ECOHIS were in the high-risk category of CRAFT ( p < 0.05). Conclusion: Caries status, risk and OHRQoL were associated in 3-6-year-old children. Thus, caries risk assessment may predict poor OHRQoL. How to Cite This Article: Iyer CR, Jawdekar AM. ECC Status, CRAFT Categorization and OHRQoL Assessment in 3-6-year-old Children: A Cross-sectional Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023;16(2):199-204. Competing Interests: Source of support: Nil Conflict of interest: None (Copyright © 2023; The Author(s).) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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