International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Dec 3;14(12):e0225192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225192. eCollection 2019.
To assess the prevalence of missing and damaged teeth among women in the rural southern plains of Nepal using an interviewer-administered tooth assessment module.
21wards in seven Village Development Committees across the Tarai of Nepal in 2015.
Resident, married women of children less than 5 years of age or those married in the 2 years prior to the survey, 14 to 49 years of age participating in a mid-year nutrition and health survey in the Tarai region of Nepal.
Prevalence of missing and damaged teeth, history of dental problems, oral hygiene practices, access to dental treatment and risk factors for missing and damaged teeth.
Of 3007 assessed women, aged 14 to 49 years of age, 22.8% (95% CI: 21.4-24.4) reported ≥ 1 missing or damaged teeth; 81.5% (95% CI 80.1-82.9) reported regularly practicing oral hygiene, typically with standard local dentifrices. Pain or discomfort in the oral cavity in the previous 6 months affected 17.6% of women. Among these, 43.8% had sought treatment from a dental facility, pharmacy or village doctor. Home remedies were commonly applied to relieve pain.
Broken and missing teeth are common, affecting nearly one-quarter of adult women of reproductive age in rural Southern Nepal, as assessed by an interviewer-administered questionnaire.
使用访谈者管理的牙齿评估模块评估尼泊尔南部农村平原地区妇女缺失和受损牙齿的流行情况。
2015 年尼泊尔塔莱地区的七个村发展委员会的 21 个村。
居住在塔莱地区的、年龄在 14 至 49 岁之间、有 5 岁以下子女或在调查前 2 年内结婚的已婚妇女，参加尼泊尔塔莱地区年中营养和健康调查。
缺失和受损牙齿的流行情况、牙科问题的历史、口腔卫生习惯、获得牙科治疗的机会以及缺失和受损牙齿的风险因素。
在 3007 名接受评估的 14 至 49 岁的妇女中，22.8%（95%置信区间：21.4-24.4）报告至少有一颗缺失或受损的牙齿；81.5%（95%置信区间 80.1-82.9）报告定期进行口腔卫生习惯，通常使用标准的当地牙膏。在过去的 6 个月中，有 17.6%的妇女口腔有疼痛或不适。其中，43.8%的人曾从牙科机构、药店或乡村医生处寻求过治疗。家庭疗法常用于缓解疼痛。
在尼泊尔南部农村，通过访谈者管理的问卷评估，近四分之一的育龄期成年妇女存在牙齿断裂和缺失的问题。
