| Objective:To kown about the status of 3~5 years old children's dentle caries,eating habits,oral hygiene habits and parent's oral health knowledge and attitude,in order to provide epidemiological evidence for the prevention of dental caries in children in Datong city.Methods:Adopting random sampling method such as multistage stratified random cluster sampling,3 kindergartens including 324 children in Datong were selected,Each kindergarten has 36 children at the age of 3,4,5,half of them are boys and the other are girls.The method of inspecting and probing was used in the examination of children's 20 primary teeth crown's condition.CPI probes,mouth mirrors and swads were used in clinical examination.According to the results of the examination,deciduous teeth caries prevalence,dmft and filling rate of the 3~5 year-old children.One-to-one inquiry was used to understand the eating habits,oral hygiene of children and parents' oral health knowledge/attitude.All the results were verified and analyzed by SPSS l7.0.Results:1.Caries conditionThe prevalence of deciduous teeth caries,dmft and filling rate of 3~5 year-old children in Datong is 56.17%,3.12 and 3.1%.The prevalence of 3 years old children's deciduous teeth caries is 40.74%.SiC is 7.79,which is 2.5 times more than dmft.83.1% of caries occurs in a third of the children.2.Eating habits8.3percent of children usually eat weet food or drink beverages before sleeping,while 45.1 percent by occasionally.Eat weet food or drink beverages before sleeping have an impact on the caries rate(P=0.027).3.Oral hygiene31.8% of tested children have begun to brush teeth before the age of three among the tested children,35.2% at the age of three,9.9% after the age of three(four and five years old).Among The children who had begun to brush teeth,only 31.2% can guarantee to brush teeth twice a day,most of them just once a day(62.5%).Only 14.2% parents help children to brush their teeth every day.The starting time of brushing teeth is associated with the caries prevalence,the later starting,the higher teeth caries rate(P =0.022).4.Oral health knowledge/attitude of parentsAbout oral health knowledge,six of all questions have the high correct rate with above 70%.“Sugar can cause tooth decay” has the highest accuracy with 89.2%."Pit and fissure sealant to prevent caries for children" and "it's no use of fluoride to protect teeth" have the lower accuracy rate with 23.5% and 25.3% respectively,the rate of ignorance of two questions is 71.0% and 69.1% respectively.97.5%~87.7% parents had good performance in oral sense.63.6% parents agreed that "the protection of the child's the first molar is very important," and 34.9% parents did not know " the first molar ".The controversial issue is that "the mother's bad teeth have an effect on the child's teeth.".The rate of agreement and disagreement is 32.7% respectively,and 33.6%parents said they do not know their association.5.Behavior of going to see a dentistOnly 19.1% parents took their children to the dentist.Most children did not go to the dentist recently years as parents considered that "my child's teeth has no problem"(77.1%).Conclusion:Accoding to the Oral Health Assessment:1.In Datong,the prevalence of deciduous teeth caries is 56.17%,dmft is 3.12 and filling rate is 3.1%.2.The prevalence of 3 years old children's deciduous teeth caries has already reached 40.74%.3.There are 83.1% of caries that occurs in a third of the children.Accoding to the Oral Health Questionnaire:1.Children's oral hygiene habit is not good enough,and brush efficiency needs to be improved.2.Who were beginning to brush teeth late and eating sweets before going to sleep had severe dental caries.3.Parents were lack of understanding of fluoride teeth pate.The scientific use of fluoride toothpaste should be further promoted.4.Children's oral health behavior was not correct,parents were lack of the oral health knowledge,so the behavior of going to see a dentist is not optimistic. |
PDF Full Text Request