Khan M U, Abu-Zeid H A, Eid O
Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University, Medical College, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Indian J Pediatr. 1990 Jan-Feb;57(1):109-13. doi: 10.1007/BF02722142.
A cross sectional study was conducted on the children of 146 randomly selected urban families of Abha, Saudi Arabia, to find out the common factors associated with caries teeth. The factors considered for association were per capita monthly income, sources of drinking water, consumption of soft drinks, daily brushing of teeth, daily consumption of candy, and the education levels of mothers. All children up to 12 years of age were examined by visiting their families. The results showed that the per capita monthly income, sources of drinking water and habit of drinking soft drinks had no significant relation with the prevalence rates of caries teeth in children. But the habit of nonbrushing of teeth daily, daily consumption of candies, and low or no education of mothers had significant association with the presence of caries teeth. Adequate health education of children about the ill effects of these practices and raising the educational levels of mothers and prospective mothers may contribute towards achieving dental health by the year 2000 as targetted by the World Health Organization.
对沙特阿拉伯艾卜哈市随机抽取的146个城市家庭的儿童进行了一项横断面研究，以找出与龋齿相关的常见因素。考虑的相关因素有人均月收入、饮用水来源、软饮料消费量、每日刷牙情况、每日糖果消费量以及母亲的教育水平。通过走访家庭对所有12岁以下儿童进行了检查。结果表明，人均月收入、饮用水来源和饮用软饮料的习惯与儿童龋齿患病率没有显著关系。但是，不每天刷牙的习惯、每日糖果消费量以及母亲受教育程度低或未受过教育与龋齿的存在有显著关联。对儿童进行关于这些行为不良影响的充分健康教育，并提高母亲和准母亲的教育水平，可能有助于按照世界卫生组织设定的目标在2000年实现口腔健康。
