Need of non-operative caries treatment in 16-year-olds from Northern Norway
| Autor: | Harald M. Eriksen, Claes-Göran Crossner, Ivar Espelid, I. D. Jacobsen, Christer Ullbro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Oral health Adolescent Population Dentistry Adolescents 03 medical and health sciences Northern norway 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Humans Medicine Dentistry (miscellaneous) 030212 general & internal medicine Tooth Deciduous Dental Enamel education Caries treatment Proximal enamel caries Secondary level education.field_of_study Enamel paint DMF Index Norway Attendance rate business.industry 030206 dentistry VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk odontologiske fag: 830 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical dentistry disciplines: 830 Restorative treatment stomatognathic diseases visual_art Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Dental caries visual_art.visual_art_medium Female General health business Non-operative treatment |
| Zdroj: | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. 20:73-78 |
| ISSN: | 1996-9805 1818-6300 |
| Popis: | Aim: To assess the prevalence of proximal enamel lesions, the need for non-operative caries treatment and the quality of dental restorations in 869 students aged 16 years from Northern Norway. Methods: All first year upper secondary school students in Tromsø and Balsfjord municipalities were invited to participate in an oral- and general health project (Fit Futures). The attendance rate was 90%, and all subjects born in 1994 (449 males and 420 females) were included in the present study. Dental caries was registered according to a 5-graded scale (1–2 = enamel lesions; 3–5 = dentinal lesions). Scores from 1 to 4 were used to register the quality of restorations (1 = good; 2 = acceptable; 3 = poor; 4 = unacceptable). general health project (Fit Futures). The attendance rate was 90%, and all subjects born in 1994 (449 males and 420 females) were included in the present study. Dental caries was registered according to a 5-graded scale (1–2 = enamel lesions; 3–5 = dentinal lesions). Scores from 1 to 4 were used to register the quality of restorations (1 = good; 2 = acceptable; 3 = poor; 4 = unacceptable). Results: Only 6% of the 16-year-olds were completely caries-free. There were 84% of the participants with proximal enamel lesions. A majority of them had either previously restored teeth (35%) or both restored teeth and untreated dentinal caries lesions (34%). When using the D-value of the DMFS-index as a diagnostic criterion, 39% of the participants were in need of restorative treatment. When proximal enamel lesions were included in the diagnosis, the number of participants in need of restorative and/or non-operative caries treatment was 85%. Over 1/3 of the participants presented with at least one restoration below an acceptable quality level. Conclusions: Dental caries is still a major health problem affecting the total teenage population. A non-operative treatment strategy should be considered relevant in order to reduce the need for restorative treatment. |
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