Plaka Kavita, Ravindra Khaiwal, Mor Suman, Gauba Krishan
School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, 160014, India.
Environ Monit Assess. 2017 Jan;189(1):40. doi: 10.1007/s10661-016-5684-6. Epub 2016 Dec 26.
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of dental fluorosis, dental caries, and associated risk factors in the school children of district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India, using a cross-sectional study design. Oral health status of children aged between 8 and 15 years was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO) 2013 criteria. Dental fluorosis was assessed using Dean's index, and dental caries were recorded using decayed, missing, filled/decayed, extracted, filled (DMF/def) indices. Four hundred school children were examined, of which 207 were in the 8-11-year-old group and 193 were in the 12-15-year-old group. The overall prevalence of dental fluorosis was 4.1%, which might be linked to a high concentration of fluoride in drinking water at certain locations of rural Punjab. The prevalence of dental caries was 36.5% with a mean DMF score of 0.3 and def score of 0.6. Risk factors for dental caries include oral hygiene behavior and sugar consumption patterns. The study highlights the need to increase awareness about the oral health and hygiene among the school children in India.
本研究的目的是采用横断面研究设计，评估印度旁遮普邦法特哈加赫萨希卜地区学童的氟斑牙、龋齿患病率及相关危险因素。采用世界卫生组织（WHO）2013年标准评估8至15岁儿童的口腔健康状况。使用迪恩指数评估氟斑牙，使用龋失补/龋拔补（DMF/def）指数记录龋齿情况。检查了400名学童，其中207名在8至11岁组，193名在12至15岁组。氟斑牙的总体患病率为4.1%，这可能与旁遮普农村某些地区饮用水中氟含量高有关。龋齿患病率为36.5%，平均DMF评分为0.3，def评分为0.6。龋齿的危险因素包括口腔卫生行为和糖的消费模式。该研究强调有必要提高印度学童对口腔健康和卫生的认识。
