Socio-economic factors and hygienic food-illness involved in determining dental caries of 12-year-old children in rural and urban area
Autori:
Cornel Gh. BOITOR, Anca FRATILA, Liana STANCIU, Alina PITIC, Ana Maria ACU
Editura:
Lumen
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 167-177
How to cite this article:Boitor, C.G., Fratila, A., Stanciu, L., Pitic, A., Acu, A.M. (2011). Socio-economic factors and hygienic food-illness involved in determining dental caries of 12-year-old children in rural and urban area. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 33, 167-177. |
Abstract:
Age of 12 is considered in most current research, reference age influencing
both the incidence and intensity of dental caries and harmonious development of
the dento - jaws of life of future periods. Two groups of students 12 years old,
were studied, living in rural and urban areas, which were examined by a dentist
and then they were questioned about the dental control method. The children’s
parents were also asked to complete a questionnaire on maternal age at childbirth,
mother’s education level, monthly family income, brushing supervision and control
of children’s dentistry. The obtained data were registered in individual files
and then centralized and statistically processed. Tags in rural areas have the
following values: 89.6% caries frequency, intensity indicators DMF-T = 4.38,
DMF-S = 9.11 and 6 year molars decayed percentage 69.44%. The values are the
same indicators of urban decay rate 79.2%, DMF-T = 2.76, DMF-S = 5.69 and 6
year molars decayed percentage 30.55%. The study said that risk factors can act differently in rural areas where dental health problems are 1.48 higher than in
urban areas. Regular dental check up, tooth brushing and effectively change your
toothbrush every three months can significantly influence dental health at the age
of 12 years in both environments.
Keywords:
rural area; urban area; socio-economic factors; the risk of caries; 12 years old.
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