Primary and Permanent Dental Caries: Having Differences between Gender?
Journal Title: Interventions in Pediatric Dentistry Open Access Journal - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Dental caries or breakdown of teeth is one of the frequent health problems from chronic disease among children and adults. Several studies showed a higher burden of this disease in their population, statistics showed 51% Pakistani population getting effected with this disease, increased in body mass index, poor oral hygiene and sugar consuming at higher level are the common risk factors of this problem, our aim of study was to provide an estimated of primary and permanent decayed, filled and missing teeth among school going children of sind and KPK province of Pakistan and comparison of these two estimates between boys and girls, for this purpose secondary data of 3358 children was used and stata software gives the results of studied samples, this study concludes that in sind and KPK primary caries were significantly higher as compare to permanent caries and gender gives significant on dental caries. Dental caries or breakdown of teeth is one of the frequent health problems from chronic disease among children and adults. Several studies showed a higher burden of this disease in their population, Pakistan also victim of this disease a study reports, 51% of the sampled population was effected from dental caries [1] another study from north India reports the 36.5% prevalence of dental caries among aged 8- 15 years old children [2], studies shows, increase in body mass index [3] poor oral hygiene [4] sugar consuming at higher level [5], inappropriate methods of infant feeding and poverty [6] are the trend causes of dental caries that could increase the risk in population, literature also shows the prevalence of caries consistently got increase among children from aged 5 – 8 years old and subsequently went down among children of aged 11 – 15 years old [7], in comparison of male and female population, females found more effected as compared to male ,a study evident that women’s oral health down more speedily as compare to men’s oral health [8], to overcome on the worldwide increasing trend of this problem a proper diet plan, physical activity to control body mass index, and good oral hygiene practices are the need of time.
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Syed Adnan Ali, Nazeer Khan, Mudassir Uddin
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- DOI 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2018.01.000122
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