The effects of socioeconomic status and dental attendance on dental caries' experience, and treatment patterns in 5-year-old children

The aim of this study was to assess dental pain prevalence and its association with dental caries and socioeconomic status in 18-year-old males from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a random sample (n = 414) selected from the Brazilian Army conscription list in 2003. Dental pain during the 12 months prior to the interview was recorded as the outcome. Socioeconomic data were obtained through a questionnaire. Dental caries experience was registered according to the DMFT Index. Analyses included simple and multiple non-conditional logistic regression following a hierarchical approach. Response rate was 95.6%. High rates of inter-examiner agreement were achieved (kappa > 0.83). Dental pain prevalence was 21.2% (95%CI: 17.3-25.1). After adjustment, individuals with one or more untreated caries were 3.2 times more likely (95%CI: 1.7-5.8) to have dental pain compared to caries-free subjects. Conscripts with low family income were 1.8 times more likely (95%CI: 1.0-3.3) to have dental pain than those with higher income.

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Relationship between fluoridation and socioeconomic status on dental caries experience in 5-year-old New Zealand children

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ◽

10.1111/j.1600-0528.1984.tb01401.x ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 5-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

R. Wendell Evans ◽

Donald J. Beck ◽

R. Harvey Brown ◽

Phil A. Silva

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

New Zealand ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Caries Experience

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Dental caries experience and treatment patterns. Social differences in 1, 252 university students

BDJ ◽

10.1038/sj.bdj.4802699 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 131 (2) ◽

pp. 67-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R J Anderson ◽

P M James ◽

D M James ◽

H Norden

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

University Students ◽

Treatment Patterns ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Social Differences

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Association of Maternal and Child Dental Anxiety With Dental Caries Experience and Dental Attendance Pattern of the Child

Journal of Orofacial Sciences ◽

10.4103/jofs.jofs_7_18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 75 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SuprabhaB Shrikrishna ◽

Shruti Balasubramanian ◽

Ramya Shenoy ◽

Arathi Rao

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Dental Attendance ◽

Attendance Pattern

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Inequalities in Caries Experience Among Mongolian Children

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16203892 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (20) ◽

pp. 3892 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chinzorig ◽

Aida ◽

Cooray ◽

Nyamdorj ◽

Mashbaljir ◽

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Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Educational Attainment ◽

Dental Health ◽

Age Groups ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Relative Index ◽

Index Of Inequality ◽

Epidemiological Trends ◽

Parental Educational Attainment

Although inequalities in dental caries have been well-reported, there is only one Mongolian study on the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and caries experience, which was published ten years ago. This study aimed to determine the dental health status of Mongolian children living in urban and suburban areas of Ulaanbaatar city and examine its association with income and parental educational attainment. An oral examination was conducted by dentists and caries were measured as deft/DMFT indices. A questionnaire including demographic characteristics and socioeconomic status was completed by their parents or caregiver. Parental educational attainment and household income were used as the measures of SES. The relative index of inequality (RII) and slope index of inequality (SII) were employed to examine the association between SES on deft and DMFT after adjusting for covariates. Dental caries prevalence (those with deft/DMFT > 0) was 89.3% among the total number of participants. The mean deft/DMFT values for age groups 1–6, 7–12, and 13–18 were 5.83 (SD = 4.37, deft), 5.77 (SD = 3.31, deft/DMFT), and 3.59 (SD = 2.69, DMFT), respectively. Rather than residence area and parental educational attainment, significant caries experience inequality was observed in relation to income (RII 0.65 95%, CI 0.52 to 0.82, SII −2.30, 95% CI −4.16 to −0.45). A prevention strategy for lower socioeconomic groups and building integrated oral health surveillance to monitor epidemiological trends for further evaluation of its progress is necessary.

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Prevalence and determinants of dental caries experience among adolescents in Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-25373/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anara Zhumadilova ◽

Turgan Supiyev ◽

Sholpan Abralina ◽

Ardak Yeslyamgaliyeva ◽

Aizhan Kulmirzayeva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Parent Education ◽

Negative Binomial ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Material Deprivation ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Dental Attendance ◽

Attendance Pattern ◽

The Mean

Abstract Background The information on dental caries experience and its determinants in Central Asia is limited. The aim of the present study was to provide estimates of the mean levels, prevalence and severity of dental caries, and to identify the factors associated with these characteristics in the population of school-aged children from four regions in Kazakhstan.Methods We examined 2149 schoolchildren aged 11–15 years from 4 regions of Kazakhstan. The overall response rate was 68%. Dental caries experience was assessed clinically, and standardized questionnaire was used to gather sociodemographic and oral health behavior information. Caries experience was measured by using DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) index. Negative binomial hurdle regression model was used to assess the relationship between the caries experience and covariates.Results The overall prevalence of dental caries was 74%, obvious decayed teeth was found in 44% of subjects, while only 6% had missing teeth and 24% had their teeth treated. The mean DMFT index was 2.48 among 12-year-olds and 3.9 among 15-year-olds. There were large differences of dental caries experience between the regions, with all indicators (decayed, missed and filled teeth) being less favourable in Semey region. The caries prevalence experience in the studied population was associated with higher age, geographic region, ethnicity, mother’s education, material deprivation, frequent consumption of sugar-added drinks, age of start brushing the teeth and dental attendance pattern. Age, region, ethnicity, dietary habits and dental attendance pattern were found to be significantly associated with the predicted degree of caries experience among those with caries experience.Conclusions The high prevalence of dental caries and large differences in caries indices between the regions in Kazakhstan might be related to rapid westernization in the Central Asian region and associated nutrition transition. Also, the increasing burden of untreated caries in less advantaged populations was observed. Parent education and material deprivation may be a very important determinants of the oral health among adolescents in Kazakhstan.

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Caries Experience in Individuals with Cleft Lip and/or Palate in China

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ◽

10.1597/07-076.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 43-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Wan Chun Zhu ◽

Jin Xiao ◽

Yuan Liu ◽

Jun Wu ◽

JiYao Li

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Cleft Lip ◽

Surgical Repair ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Control Group ◽

Caries Prevalence ◽

West China ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status ◽

Increased Risk

Objective To determine the levels of dental caries in subjects with cleft lip and/or palate in China in comparison with controls. Design A total of 380 subjects with cleft lip and/or palate and 339 noncleft control subjects were examined for dental caries using the decayed-missing-filled-teeth (DMFT/dmft) and decayed-missing-filled-surfaces (DMFS/dmfs) index. A questionnaire was used to acquire subjects' living habits and family socioeconomic status. Setting West China Stomatology Hospital, Sichuan University. Subjects Individuals between 3 and 25 years of age. Results Caries prevalence and scores for dmft/DMFT and dmfs/DMFS were significantly higher in subjects with cleft palates when compared with the noncleft control group ( p < .05), except 3- to 5-year-old children ( p > .05). However, in the 3- to 5-year-old group, children with cleft lip and/or palate had significantly more caries than children of the same age with only a cleft lip with or without alveolus ( p < .05). Children whose clefts had been surgically repaired had a lower dmft and dmfs than those whose clefts had not been surgically repaired ( p < .05). Conclusion Individuals with oral cleft are at an increased risk for dental caries. The types of cleft and the surgical repair are two important factors for dental caries.

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Dental pain prevalence and association with dental caries and socioeconomic status in schoolchildren, Southern Brazil, 2002

Brazilian Oral Research ◽

10.1590/s1806-83242004000200008 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 134-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Lincon Hideo Nomura ◽

João Luiz Dornelles Bastos ◽

Marco Aurélio Peres

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Family Income ◽

Dental Pain ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Pain Prevalence ◽

Chi Square Test

The objective of this study was to assess the relation between dental pain, dental caries and socioeconomic status among 12- and 13-year-old schoolchildren enrolled in a public school in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil in 2002. This study was a cross-sectional study involving 181 schoolchildren. Dental pain experience was the dependend variable analyzed. Socioeconomic data of the children's families were obtained through a questionnaire. Dental caries experience was registered according to the DMFT index (WHO, 1997). The field workteam consisted of an examiner and a recorder. The statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test and the non-conditional multiple logistic regression. The response rate was 93.4%. The intraexaminer agreement measured on a tooth by tooth basis was high (kappa > 0.73). Dental pain prevalence was 33.7% (CI95% 26.0-42.0). The multiple regression analysis, adjusted by sex and other variables, showed that children with DMFT > 1 presented 2.9 (OR CI95% 1.4-6.1, p < 0.01) more chances of having dental pain when compared with those with DMFT < 1. Children whose mother's schooling level was equal or less than 4 years presented 2.5 (OR CI95% 1.2-5.6, p = 0.02) more chances of having dental pain when compared with others whose mothers had more than 5 years of schooling and, finally, children whose family income was up to U$ 67.00 showed 3.2 (OR CI95% 1.2-8.4, p = 0.02) more chances of having dental pain when compared with the ones whose families had higher income. High levels of caries attack, low mother schooling level and low family income were associated to dental pain.

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