Kumar Santhosh, Tadakamadla Jyothi, Tibdewal Harish, Prabu D, Kulkarni Suhas
Senior lecturer, Department of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2011 Summer;8(3):123-7.
Assessment of prosthetic needs in a special population would aid in planning the oral health service programs. The aim of this study was to assess the dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs in a sample of green marble mine laborers of Udaipur, India.
The study population comprised of 513 green marble mine laborers who were divided into four age groups (15-24, 25-34, 35-44 and 45-54). Prosthetic status and treatment needs along with dentition status were recorded using WHO oral health assessment form. The examination was done by two examiners who were calibrated for inter examiner variability with kappa statistic of 86%. Chi-square test was used to compare the proportions. The significance level was set at α= 0.05.
Mean number of missing teeth due to any reason for the whole sample was 0.82. Approximately, 96.5% of the subjects were free from any kind of prosthesis and only the rest of sample (3.5%) had single fixed prosthesis. The overall prosthetic treatment needs was 15.5%. Prosthetic needs increased as the age increased with the age group 45-54 showing the greatest. Prosthetic needs in the lower arch were found to be greater than that of the upper arch. Single unit prosthesis comprised a greater percentage of the whole prosthetic needs (41%).
Most of the prosthetic needs of the study population were unmet. The prosthetic needs being four and half-fold greater than the status.
评估特殊人群的修复需求将有助于规划口腔卫生服务项目。本研究的目的是评估印度乌代布尔绿色大理石矿工人样本中的牙齿修复状况和修复需求。
研究人群包括513名绿色大理石矿工人，他们被分为四个年龄组（15 - 24岁、25 - 34岁、35 - 44岁和45 - 54岁）。使用世界卫生组织口腔健康评估表记录修复状况、治疗需求以及牙列状况。检查由两名检查者进行，他们针对检查者间的变异性进行了校准，卡方统计值为86%。采用卡方检验比较比例。显著性水平设定为α = 0.05。
整个样本因任何原因缺失牙齿的平均数量为0.82颗。大约96.5%的受试者没有任何类型的修复体，只有其余样本（3.5%）有单个固定修复体。总体修复治疗需求为15.5%。修复需求随着年龄的增加而增加，45 - 54岁年龄组的需求最大。发现下牙弓的修复需求大于上牙弓。单个单位修复体在整个修复需求中所占比例更大（41%）。
研究人群的大多数修复需求未得到满足。修复需求比现有状况大四倍半。
