Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of 5- to 12-year-old children in relation to area-based income and immigrant background in Greece
| Autor: | Tarsitsa Gatou, Haroula Koletsi Kounari, Eleni Mamai-Homata |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Urban Population Cross-sectional study Dental Caries Oral hygiene Statistics Nonparametric Statistical significance Poverty Areas Epidemiology Oral and maxillofacial pathology medicine Deciduous teeth Prevalence Humans Child General Dentistry Health Services Needs and Demand Greece business.industry DMF Index Emigration and Immigration medicine.disease Oral Hygiene stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies El Niño Child Preschool Multivariate Analysis Income Original Article Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Int Dent J |
| Popis: | Objectives: To investigate the association between certain socio-demographic characteristics and dental health status of 5- to 12-year-old children attending public kindergarten and primary schools in Piraeus, Greece. Methods: Gender, age, place of residence, immigrant background and area-based income were associated with dental caries prevalence, treatment needs and oral hygiene level in 5,116 children. Results: The mean number of decayed, missing and filled deciduous teeth (dmft) and Unmet Restorative Treatment Needs Index (UTN) at 6-year-olds were 1.54 and 84.6% respectively, and the DMFT and UTN at 12-year-olds were 1.35 and 71.8%. Caries experience/severity significantly increased with age, whereas treatment needs and oral hygiene level decreased (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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