Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status
Joint Authors
Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali
Shubayr, M. A.
Hattan, A. H.
Wafi, S. A.
Jafer, A. H.
Source
International Journal of Dentistry
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dental caries is one of the most common preventable diseases occurring among children.
The aim here is to survey the oral hygiene practices that are commonly followed by Arab children and to see its relationship with their dental caries status.
A cross-sectional study with multistage random sampling technique was conducted.
Sociodemographic data and information on oral hygiene practices like use of toothbrush, dental floss, siwak, frequency of brushing along with number of snack between meals per day, and consumption of sugar per day was obtained.
Presence of plaque on tooth surfaces was reported using plaque index, which was followed by DMFT index to determine the dental caries status.
Among the sample of 500 school children, the mean plaque score in male (mean = 0.69; SD = 0.50) was slightly higher than the female (mean = 0.66; SD = 0.46).
Increased frequency of snacks (P=0.05; ß=0.08; CI = −0.00, 0.09) and sugar consumption (P=0.01; ß=0.16; CI = 0.04, 0.27) per day significantly showed higher values of DMFT.
Also, the odds of dental caries among the school children who were irregular in brushing their teeth was higher in contrast to the children brushing once (P=0.03; OR = 0.89; CI = 0.70, 1.12) or twice (P=0.03; OR = 0.80; CI = 0.64, 0.93) per day.
It is recommended that the dental public health practitioners here should consider the effect of oral hygiene practices on oral health status in order to design the future health promotion interventions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali& Shubayr, M. A.& Hattan, A. H.& Wafi, S. A.& Jafer, A. H.. 2018. Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status. International Journal of Dentistry،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali…[et al.]. Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status. International Journal of Dentistry No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali& Shubayr, M. A.& Hattan, A. H.& Wafi, S. A.& Jafer, A. H.. Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status. International Journal of Dentistry. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170472
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1170472