Virk Pks, Jain R L, Pathak A, Sharma U, Rajput J S
Department of Pedodontics, Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Nalagarh, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2012 Apr-Jun;30(2):127-32. doi: 10.4103/0970-4388.99986.
India has been the focus of many health surveys among normal, physically, and mentally handicapped children. However, the data, concerning oral health conditions of socially handicapped children living in orphanages, are scanty.
To study the effect of parental inadequacy, environmental deprivation, and emotional disturbances on dental caries through intelligence quotient (IQ) and self-concept in orphan children and also to co-relate dental caries with different levels of IQ and self-concept.
The study was carried out amongst socially handicapped children living in orphanages.
100 children in the age group of 10-14 years from orphanages were selected. Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC) was used to assess the intelligence quotient; self-concept questionnaire to assess self-concept of the child and recording of dental caries status of children was done as per WHO Index (1997).
To assess the relationship of dental caries with IQ, student's unpaired t-test was used and; to find the relationship between self-concept and dental caries, Karl-Pearson's coefficient of co-relation was applied.
the children in orphanages had a lower IQ and high caries experience but had an above average self-concept. There was also no co-relation between dental caries and self-concept.
Orphan children, being socially handicapped, are at an increased risk for dental caries due to a lower IQ level, parental deprivation, and institutionalization. Moreover, lack of co-relation between dental caries and self-concept could be explained by the fact that dental caries is a lifelong process whereas different dimensions of self-concept are in a state of constant flux.
印度一直是许多针对正常儿童、身体残疾儿童和智力残疾儿童的健康调查的重点。然而，关于生活在孤儿院中的社会残疾儿童口腔健康状况的数据却很少。
通过孤儿院儿童的智商（IQ）和自我概念来研究父母照顾不足、环境剥夺和情绪障碍对龋齿的影响，并将龋齿与不同水平的智商和自我概念进行相关性分析。
该研究在生活在孤儿院中的社会残疾儿童中进行。
从孤儿院中选取了100名年龄在10至14岁之间的儿童。使用印度儿童马利智力量表（MISIC）评估智商；使用自我概念问卷评估儿童的自我概念，并按照世界卫生组织指数（1997年）记录儿童的龋齿状况。
为了评估龋齿与智商之间的关系，使用了学生非配对t检验；为了找出自我概念与龋齿之间的关系，应用了卡尔 - 皮尔逊相关系数。
孤儿院中的儿童智商较低且龋齿经历较多，但自我概念高于平均水平。龋齿与自我概念之间也没有相关性。
孤儿院儿童作为社会残疾儿童，由于智商水平较低、父母照顾缺失和机构化生活，患龋齿的风险增加。此外，龋齿与自我概念之间缺乏相关性可以解释为龋齿是一个终身过程，而自我概念的不同维度处于不断变化的状态。
