NDLI: Prevalence of Dental Caries among Children in Jeddah-Saudi Arabia-2015

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Prevalence of Dental Caries among Children in Jeddah-Saudi Arabia-2015

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Author	Zahidy, Hamza Abdulkareem Al Bafail, Khaled Ahmed Saidi, Khadijah Mustafa Fairag, Aseel Saleh Enayah, Sara Khalid Alsayegh, Ali Sulaiman Abdullah, Noof Khalid Alwah, Sultan Mohammed Saleh, Abdulaziz Hadi Alharthi Sindi, Naser Sameer Alyahya, Faisal Mohammed Saleh, Alfuways Faisal
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Background: Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease in early childhood in most communities worldwide. To ensure the oral health of a population, clinicians must deliver appropriate dental services, and local communities need to have access to dental care facilities. However, establishment of this infrastructure must be based on reliable information regarding disease prevalence and severity in the target population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Saudi Arabia from December 2014 to April 2015. A total of 2113 children aged 12 14 were randomly selected from 16 schools located in different geographic areas. Three calibrated examiners using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria to diagnose dental caries performed the clinical examinations. Data analyses were subsequently conducted. Conclusion: Results indicated that dental caries prevalence among school children in Saudi Arabia has reached critical levels (89.2%) and is influenced by socio-demographic factors. Overall 15.6% of the examined children had ECC and 73.6% had severe ECC. The mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth values obtained in this study were the second highest detected in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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