PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF DENTAL CARIES AND FLUOROSIS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

Authors

  • Muneer Gohar Babar School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Tahir Ali Khan Sardar Begum Dental College Peshawar
  • Syed Shahzad Hasan The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v5i02.241

Keywords:

Dental caries, Fluorosis, School children

Abstract

Objective: To measure the prevalence of dental caries and fluorosis among school-aged children living in urban areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Materials and Methods: Eighteen hundred children aged between 8-16 years from 12 schools in the urban areas of KPK were systematically sampled. Children were examined using the World Health Organization criteria for dental caries with an emphasis on their decayed, missed and filled teeth.

Results: The prevalence of decayed, missing and filled teeth (%DMFT), mean number of decayed teeth (MDT) and mean number of missing teeth (MMT) were 1.75, 1.45 and 0.17 respectively. The overall prevalence of %DMFT, MDT and MMT among boys (1.80, 1.50, and 0.10, p<0.05) was greater than among girls (1.70, 1.4, and 0.25, p<0.05). However, in private and armed forces schools, the prevalence of %DMFT among girls (1.80 and 1.83, p<0.05) was greater than boys (1.70 and 1.80, p<0.05). Fluorosis was seen in 52% of the child population.

Conclusions: The present study indicates that the overall prevalence of dental caries was found to be higher among boys than girls. Fluorosis was also recorded higher. A province wide evidence based cost effective school based interventions are needed for prevention and control of caries and fluorosis in school children.

 

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Published

2015-06-30

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Muneer Gohar Babar, Tahir Ali Khan, & Syed Shahzad Hasan. (2015). PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF DENTAL CARIES AND FLUOROSIS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 5(02), 34–38. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v5i02.241

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Vol. 5 No. 02 (2015): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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