Soumya Shivananda Gudal, Shashibhushan Kukkalli Kamalaksharappa, Pradeep Muttugadur Chandrappa, Babaji Prashant, Reddy Vundela Rajashekar
Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sharavathi Dental College and Hospital, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
Professor and HOD, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sharavathi Dental College and Hospital, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jul;11(7):ZC42-ZC47. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24879.10185. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
Oral health is an integral part of general health. Dental problems can be avoided if identified at an early stage. There is no data on oral health status of school going children in Karnataka state's Shimoga city.
To evaluate oral health status of school going children among 5-15-year-old in Shimoga city.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1458 government and private school children aged 5-6, 9-10 and 14-15 years. Dental caries (DMFT and deft Index), oral hygiene status (OHI-S Index) and dental fluorosis (Dean's Fluorosis Index) according to WHO diagnostic criteria (1997) were assessed. Data was evaluated using ANOVA and t-test by SPSS (IBM statistical software version 21.0.) at a level of 5% significance.
The deft among 5-6-year-old children was 3.36±3.511, deft and DMFT among 9-10-year-old was 2.55±2.497 and 0.45±0.996 respectively and DMFT among 14-15-year-old was 1.34±1.832. The caries prevalence among 5-6-year-old was 68.8%, 9-10-year-old was 77.2% and 14-15-year-old was 48.9% and overall prevalence of dental caries was 65.3% which was statistically significant. Among 9-10-year-old oral hygiene was good in 85.4%, fair in 13.5% and poor in 1% of school children and among 14-15-year-old oral hygiene was good in 77.4%, fair in 22.2% and poor in 0.4%. Overall 81.7% of children had good oral hygiene. The prevalence of dental fluorosis was 14.5%.
The children from government school were found to be less caries free than the private school children, but the difference was not significant. Oral hygiene status is found to be good among both the private and government school children. So the dental awareness is required among children of government school.
口腔健康是整体健康的一个组成部分。如果能在早期发现，牙齿问题是可以避免的。目前尚无关于卡纳塔克邦希莫加市学龄儿童口腔健康状况的数据。
评估希莫加市5至15岁学龄儿童的口腔健康状况。
对1458名年龄在5至6岁、9至10岁和14至15岁的政府和私立学校儿童进行了一项横断面研究。根据世界卫生组织1997年诊断标准评估龋齿（DMFT和乳牙龋失补牙面数指数）、口腔卫生状况（简化口腔卫生指数）和氟斑牙（迪恩氟斑牙指数）。数据使用SPSS（IBM统计软件版本21.0）进行方差分析和t检验，显著性水平为5%。
5至6岁儿童的乳牙龋失补牙面数为3.36±3.511，9至10岁儿童的乳牙龋失补牙面数和恒牙龋失补牙面数分别为2.55±2.497和0.45±0.996，14至15岁儿童的恒牙龋失补牙面数为1.34±1.832。5至6岁儿童的龋齿患病率为68.8%，9至10岁儿童为77.2%，14至15岁儿童为48.9%，总体龋齿患病率为65.3%，具有统计学意义。在9至10岁的学童中，85.4%的儿童口腔卫生良好，13.5%的儿童口腔卫生一般，1%的儿童口腔卫生较差；在14至15岁的学童中，77.4%的儿童口腔卫生良好，22.2%的儿童口腔卫生一般，0.4%的儿童口腔卫生较差。总体而言，81.7%的儿童口腔卫生良好。氟斑牙患病率为14.5%。
发现公立学校儿童的无龋率低于私立学校儿童，但差异不显著。私立和公立学校儿童的口腔卫生状况均良好。因此，公立学校儿童需要提高口腔保健意识。
