scholarly journals Dental caries in three-year-old preschool children in Lima, Peru assessed according to the CAST instrument.

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-97
Author(s):  
Eraldo Pesaressi ◽  
Rita Villena ◽  
Ewald Bronkhorst ◽  
Jo Frencken
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Child Health Clinic ◽  
Carious Lesions ◽  
Examination Time

The aim of this study was to determine the caries situation of three-year-old preschool children residing in low socioeconomic status districts in Lima, Peru. The study is a crosssectional analysis of the caries situation of suburban areas of Lima. A stratified sampling procedure by geographical distribution, considering healthcare centers with a motherand- child health clinic and surrounding preschools as factors, identified 45 randomly selected preschools, of which 17 accepted to participate. Children from 3-year-old classrooms were examined by two independent calibrated dentists using the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) instrument at their premises using artificial light, sterile examination mirrors and gauze for drying each tooth before evaluation. ANOVA and the Tamhane method were used to analyze the data. 308 children, mean age 3.4 years (min: 3 years; max: 3 years, 7 months), were examined. The sample prevalence of enamel and dentine carious lesions (CAST code 3-7) was 91.2% while the prevalence of dentine carious lesions (CAST code 4-7) was 58.8%. The mean number of teeth with cavities that had reached the pulp and those that had an abscess or fistula were 2.0% and 0.5% respectively. The majority of enamel and dentine carious lesions were observed in molars. The CAST severity score was 7.0. Mean examination time was 57 seconds. The burden of dental caries of the children at this young age was high.

scholarly journals Assessment of vascular function in low socioeconomic status preschool children: a pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lama Ghazi ◽  
Tanja Dudenbostel ◽  
Daisy Xing ◽  
Deborah Ejem ◽  
Anne Turner-Henson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Vascular Function ◽  
Low Socioeconomic

scholarly journals Socio-demographic determinants of undernutrition of preschool children attending anganwadis in rural ICDS block, North Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-156
Author(s):  
S Nithiya
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Low Socioeconomic

Child growth and health is recognized as an important public health indicator for monitoring nutritional status and health in a population. 1. To study the socio demographic profile of the preschool children (3-6years) attending anganwadis in Kunnamangalam. 2. To study the association between socioeconomic status and undernutrition.A cross sectional study was done among 30 anganwadis from June 2014 to June 2015 by cluster sampling method. Data regarding socio demographic factors, prevalence of undernutrition were collected by using a pre tested semi structured questionnaire. Socio economic status of the study population was classified according to Modified Kuppu Swamy’s Scale. Education, Occupation and total monthly family income of the highest earning member was used for the stratification into various classes. Data analysed using SPSS version 16 software.Out of 300 children, 204 (68%) belonged to Upper lower strata, 74 (24.7%) were lower middle, 19 (6.3%) were upper middle and 3(1%) belonged to upper class. Prevalence of underweight children was significantly higher in children among those belonging to lower socioeconomic status. The study suggests to focus on preschool children for growth monitoring especially in low socioeconomic families, approaching them through the help of anganwadis, and educating mothers of low socioeconomic status on health on promoting program for underfives.

scholarly journals The Association between Sense of Coherence and Dental Caries in Low Social Status Schoolchildren

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Tomazoni ◽  
Mario Vianna Vettore ◽  
Fausto Medeiros Mendes ◽  
Thiago Machado Ardenghi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Dental Plaque ◽  
Psychosocial Factor ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Southern City

The relationship between dental caries and sense of coherence (SOC) has not been substantiated in children and adolescents, particularly among those with a low socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between SOC and dental caries in schoolchildren from a low socioeconomic background. A random sample of 356 8- to 14-year-old schoolchildren enrolled in public schools from the poorest region of Santa Maria, a southern city in Brazil, was selected. Dental examinations were performed to assess dental plaque and dental caries (DMF-S and dmf-s indexes). The children’s SOC was assessed using a validated Brazilian version of the SOC-13 scale. Socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral data were collected from parents using a questionnaire. Multilevel Poisson regression analysis was used following a hierarchical approach to investigate the association between the SOC and DMF-T + dmf-t mean. Children whose mothers had studied for 8 years or less (RR 1.30; 95% CI 1.08–1.57) and children with dental plaque (RR 1.29; 95% CI 1.06–1.58) presented with higher DMF-T scores than their counterparts (p < 0.05). A higher household income (RR 0.66; 95% CI 0.51–0.84) and greater SOC scores (RR 0.71, 95% CI 0.56–0.90) were associated with lower DMF-T in children (p < 0.05). Children’s SOC seems to be a relevant protective psychosocial factor for dental caries experience in socially vulnerable children.

OS 24-04 A PILOT STUDY ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF VASCULAR FUNCTION IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. e244
Author(s):  
Lama Ghazi ◽  
Tanja Dudenbostel ◽  
Deborah Ejem ◽  
Anne Turner-Henson ◽  
Cynthia Irwin Joiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Vascular Function ◽  
Low Socioeconomic

Biological factors in dental caries enamel structure and the caries process in the dynamic process of demineralization and remineralization (part 2)

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hicks ◽  
Franklin Garcia-Godoy ◽  
Catherine Flaitz
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Enamel Structure ◽  
Acidic Conditions ◽  
Root Surfaces ◽  
Critical Ph

Dental caries is a complex disease process that afflicts a large proportion of the world's population, regardless of gender, age and ethnicity, although it does tend to affect more indivduals with a low socioeconomic status to a greater extent.The physicochemical properties of the mineral comprising the tooth surface and subsurface modulate the development, arrestment and remineralization of dental caries. Post-eruption maturation of enamel surfaces and exposed root surfaces is important in order for more susceptible mineral phases to be modified by incorporation of soluble fluoride from the plaque into dental hydroxyapatite. The chemical reactions that occur during acidic conditions when tooth mineral dissolves (critical pH) are determined by the supersaturation of calcium and phosphate within plaque and saliva, as well as if fluoride is present.

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