Amudha S, Moses Joyson, Vijayakumar M, Shankar P
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021 May-Jun;14(3):403-411. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1963.
Dental cariology is a discipline with history as long as that of human civilization. It has seen numerous growth and decline phases from the epidemiological perspective. Nevertheless, despite huge amounts of funds being allotted by various international agencies to estimate the prevalence and assess the treatment needs, there always exists a gap between collected data and actual scenarios due to the in-availability of feasible approaches to include all people as samples and assess the statistics, especially the rural population of developing countries. To solve this issue, investigators from various geographic denominations should come forward to present the situation in their dominion. This paper is a report on the prevalence of dental caries in school-going children aged 5-15 years, belonging to various socioeconomic strata. These results have testified to the positive correlation between increased westernization and the prevalence of dental caries. It is also seen that lower economic strata have more predilection for a healthier diet and resultant low prevalence in dental caries. Thus, this study has thrown valuable light on epidemiological aspects of dental caries in Maduravoyal, Chennai-based rural population, which can be used for various planning activities. Amudha S, Moses J, Vijayakumar M, Prevalence of Dental Caries among Different Socioeconomic Status and their Treatment Needs among 5-15-year-old School-going Children in Maduravoyal Area, Chennai. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(3):403-411.
龋病学是一门与人类文明历史一样悠久的学科。从流行病学角度来看，它经历了无数的兴衰阶段。然而，尽管各个国际机构拨出大量资金来估计患病率并评估治疗需求，但由于缺乏可行的方法将所有人纳入样本并进行统计评估，尤其是发展中国家的农村人口，收集到的数据与实际情况之间始终存在差距。为了解决这个问题，来自不同地区的研究人员应该站出来介绍他们所在地区的情况。本文是一份关于5至15岁学龄儿童龋病患病率的报告，这些儿童属于不同的社会经济阶层。这些结果证明了西化程度的提高与龋病患病率之间存在正相关。还可以看到，经济较低阶层更倾向于健康饮食，因此龋病患病率较低。因此，本研究为钦奈马杜拉沃亚尔农村地区龋病的流行病学方面提供了有价值的见解，可用于各种规划活动。 阿穆达·S、摩西·J、维贾亚库马尔·M，《钦奈马杜拉沃亚尔地区5至15岁学龄儿童不同社会经济地位的龋病患病率及其治疗需求》。《国际临床儿科牙科学杂志》2021年；14(3):403 - 411。
