The Stomatological Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou, China.
Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 30;10:879955. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.879955. eCollection 2022.
This work aims to examining the latest early childhood caries situation in children aged 3 and 5 and its related risk factors in Zhejiang Province during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 3,537 children and their main caregivers participate in this study. We used chi square test or U-test to analyze whether there were differences in the prevalence of dental caries under different variables. The risk factors on ECC were determined by multivariate logistic analysis.
The ECC rate of children in this study was 57.51%. The mean decayed missing filled teeth (dmft) scores were 3.01. The result of multivariate logistic analysis showed higher ECC prevalence was found in children as age increasing, with lower district economic level, with high frequency of confectionary consumption, having oral medical treatment behavior and bad evaluation of children's oral health by parents.
In general, the prevalence rate of ECC in this study was lower than five years ago, but still higher than those developed countries. And it was associated with age, district economic level, frequency of confectionary consumption, oral medical treatment behavior and evaluation of children's oral health by parents.
本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行期间浙江省 3 岁和 5 岁儿童的最新幼儿龋病状况及其相关危险因素。
本研究共纳入 3537 名儿童及其主要照顾者。我们使用卡方检验或 U 检验分析不同变量下龋齿患病率是否存在差异。采用多因素 logistic 分析确定 ECC 的危险因素。
本研究中儿童 ECC 患病率为 57.51%。平均患龋失补牙数(dmft)为 3.01。多因素 logistic 分析结果显示,年龄越大、地区经济水平越低、糖果消费频率越高、有口腔医疗行为以及家长对儿童口腔健康评价较差的儿童,ECC 患病率越高。
总体而言,本研究中 ECC 的患病率虽低于五年前,但仍高于发达国家。它与年龄、地区经济水平、糖果消费频率、口腔医疗行为以及家长对儿童口腔健康的评价有关。