Al-Malik Manal Ibrahim, Rehbini Yasser Abdulla
Dental Department, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2006 May 1;7(2):46-54.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, severity, and pattern of dental caries in 6 to 7-year-old children in military primary schools in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia.
A random sample of 300 children (6 to 7-year-olds) was drawn from six schools of military dependents. Clinical examinations were carried out under standardized conditions by two trained and calibrated examiners (MAM) and (YR). Caries were diagnosed using the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) criteria.
Caries were diagnosed in 288 (96%) of the children, and only 4% were clinically caries free. Mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) for the 300 children was 8.06 (+ 4.04) per child and mean decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (dmfs) was 23.18 (+ 15.64). The teeth most affected by caries were mandibular primary second molars (83.35%), and the least affected were mandibular primary central incisors (1.15%).
The level of caries was higher than seen in children of equivalent age in other studies. The level of caries is expected to increase in permanent dentition. The above findings stress the need for an effective program of oral prevention in these children, such as a school dental health education program for children and their parents in order to improve their oral health status.
本研究旨在确定沙特阿拉伯吉达市军事小学6至7岁儿童龋齿的患病率、严重程度和模式。
从六所军属学校随机抽取300名儿童（6至7岁）作为样本。由两名经过培训和校准的检查人员（MAM）和（YR）在标准化条件下进行临床检查。使用英国社区牙科研究协会（BASCD）标准诊断龋齿。
288名（96%）儿童被诊断患有龋齿，只有4%的儿童临床无龋齿。300名儿童的平均龋失补牙数（dmft）为每人8.06（±4.04），平均龋失补牙面数（dmfs）为23.18（±15.64）。受龋齿影响最严重的牙齿是下颌乳第二磨牙（83.35%），受影响最小的是下颌乳中切牙（1.15%）。
龋齿水平高于其他研究中同龄儿童的情况。恒牙列中的龋齿水平预计会上升。上述发现强调了在这些儿童中开展有效口腔预防计划的必要性，例如为儿童及其家长开展学校口腔健康教育计划，以改善他们的口腔健康状况。
