statement of problem: blindness as a disability seems to produce difficulties to reach an ideal heath status of the teeth. moreover ordinary educational health programmes for this group of population, especially children, are not successful. purpose: investigate the dental health status of these children and to see if they are really different with the normal population. materials and methods: ...

OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the association between dental caries and preterm birth (PTB). The secondary objective was ascertaining the difference between women with dental caries who experienced PTB and those who did not with regard to decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT), and decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) indices. METHODS MEDL...

Background and Aim: Identification of the factors that affect early dental caries has an important role in health planning in different societies. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different factors on early caries in deciduous teeth. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 603 children aged 3-5 years in Tehran during 2013-14. Multistage stratified r...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is the result of a complex interplay of multiple determinants which may change overtime. Therefore, periodic surveys of caries experience and redetermination of the risk indicators of the disease are needed. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and severity of coronal and root caries in Greeks aged 35-44 and 65-74-year-old in relation to socio-demographic ...

BACKGROUND To assess the impact of children's dental health status (DHS) on their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). METHODS Participants were 11- and 12-year-old children attending public schools in the Kuwait Capital Region. Children's DHS was evaluated by clinical examinations and presented using decayed, missed, filled teeth/surface (DMFT/dmft, DMFS/dmfs); restorative (RI), pla...

AIM To investigate the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in schoolchildren aged 7-14 years from Zagreb. METHODS Dental examinations based on the World Health Organization criteria were performed on 1168 children in the period 2009-2010. The teeth were clinically examined with standard dental instruments using visual-tactile method under standard dental light. We recorded the cli...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate caries and dental fluorosis among Mexican preschoolers and school-aged children in a non-endemic zone for fluorosis and to measure its biological indicators. METHODS DMFT, DMFS, dmft, dmfs, and CDI indexes were applied. Fluoride urinary excretion and fluoride concentrations in home water, table salt, bottled water, bottled drinks, and toothp...

Researchers conducted a final comparison of dental caries experience between the two communities prior to fluoridation. They sought to compare the mean dmft and dmfs indices, missing teeth, lifetime experience of dental caries and prevalence of toothache, extractions and general anesthesia for extractions between a continuously fluoridated area over the past 25 years (1976-1994) to a non-fluori...

The aim of the study was to assess the caries prevalence and oral hygiene in groups of adolescents living in different Hungarian localities and to establish correlations with socio-economic factors. Examinations of caries and oral hygiene were performed in 586 14-16 year old children. The percentage of caries free children was 5.1%, the DMFT and DMFS values were 6.97±4.67 and 9.95±7.94 respecti...

BACKGROUND Data on epidemiology of dental caries of adults in rural India appear to be sparse. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to assess the oral health status and dental treatment needs of a rural Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 189 volunteer subjects with a mean age of 34.9 ± 14.2 years and 54% males. Decayed, missing due to caries and fil...