Al-Mutawa S A, Shyama M, Al-Duwairi Y, Soparkar P
National School Oral Health Program, Ministry of Health, Kuwait.
Community Dent Health. 2010 Dec;27(4):213-7.
The aim of the present study was to determine the caries free proportions, caries experience and restorative care received in Kuwaiti kindergarten schoolchildren. METHODS; A national epidemiologic survey of the 4- and 5-year-old kindergarten schoolchildren (n = 1,277) was conducted in the five govemorates of Kuwait. Five trained and calibrated dentists examined the children. Dental caries was scored using WHO diagnostic criteria.
The percentage of 4- and 5-year-old children with dft = 0 was 32% and 24% respectively. The corresponding mean dft/dfs for 4- and 5-year-olds were 3.7/6.9 and 4.8/9.6. The decayed score was the major component in the mean scores. There was a significant difference in caries experience by governorate, but no difference by gender. The restorative index for 4- and 5-year-olds was 9.4% and 14.1% respectively.
Caries levels are lower or similar to those in neighbouring and other Middle East countries. A high percentage of carious maxillary incisors indicate an early childhood caries pattern in these children. An extensive prevention programmme in preschool and kindergarten children is now in place.
本研究旨在确定科威特幼儿园学童的无龋比例、龋病经历及接受的修复治疗情况。方法：在科威特的五个省对4至5岁的幼儿园学童（n = 1277）进行了一项全国性流行病学调查。五名经过培训且校准过的牙医对儿童进行了检查。使用世界卫生组织的诊断标准对龋齿进行评分。
4岁和5岁儿童中dft = 0的百分比分别为32%和24%。4岁和5岁儿童相应的平均dft/dfs分别为3.7/6.9和4.8/9.6。龋坏得分是平均得分中的主要组成部分。不同省份的龋病经历存在显著差异，但性别之间无差异。4岁和5岁儿童的修复指数分别为9.4%和14.1%。
龋病水平低于或类似于邻国及其他中东国家。大量龋坏的上颌切牙表明这些儿童存在早期儿童龋模式。目前已针对学龄前和幼儿园儿童制定了广泛的预防计划。
