Al-Rafee Mohammed A, AlShammery Abdullah R, AlRumikan Ali S, Pani Sharat C
College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2019 Jul 16;7:195. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00195. eCollection 2019.
The data presented in this study aimed to document caries prevalence and severity among a representative sample of 6, 12, and 15 years old Saudi Children. The study examined a total of 1,986 school children from 75 schools in urban and rural areas of Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. Children having one or more dental caries lesion were used to determine prevalence of dental caries. Total number of decayed filled teeth (dft) was used to assess caries severity in the 6 years group while the DMFT was used to assess severity of dental caries at the 12 and 15 years age group. The caries prevalence was 85.77% in the 6 years group, 64.98% in the 12 years group, and 71.35% in the 15 years group. Mean dft was 1.4 (SD ± 1.1). The mean DMFT was 1.72 (SD ± 0.49) at 12 years and 2.66 (SD ± 0.55) at 15 years. Both caries rate and severity were higher in rural areas than urban areas although the differences were not statistically significant. The results of this study suggest that the prevalence and severity of dental caries in Saudi Arabia remain high, when compared to global averages.
本研究呈现的数据旨在记录沙特6岁、12岁和15岁儿童代表性样本中的龋齿患病率和严重程度。该研究调查了沙特阿拉伯利雅得地区城乡75所学校的1986名学童。有一个或多个龋齿病变的儿童被用于确定龋齿患病率。6岁组使用龋补牙总数（dft）评估龋齿严重程度，而12岁和15岁年龄组使用龋失补牙数（DMFT）评估龋齿严重程度。6岁组的龋齿患病率为85.77%，12岁组为64.98%，15岁组为71.35%。平均dft为1.4（标准差±1.1）。12岁时平均DMFT为1.72（标准差±0.49），15岁时为2.66（标准差±0.55）。尽管差异无统计学意义，但农村地区的龋齿发病率和严重程度均高于城市地区。本研究结果表明，与全球平均水平相比，沙特阿拉伯的龋齿患病率和严重程度仍然很高。
