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ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence and risk factors of dental caries and its related influencing factors in 12-year-old children in Yangpu District， Shanghai， and to provide relevant data support for the formulation of oral health policies and measures for children. MethodsIn 2021， 839 12-year-old children were randomly selected from five ordinary junior high schools in Yangpu District. The investigation included an oral health examination and a questionnaire survey on factors related to dental caries. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of dental caries. ResultsAmong the 839 participants， data from 830 were included. Among them， 426 were male （51.3%） and 404 were female （48.7%）. Of the 830 children， 203 had dental caries， resulting in a caries prevalence of 24.46%， a caries supplemental filling ratio of 32.6%， and a DMFT of 0.63. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that a mother’s education level of college or above （OR=0.849，95% CI： 0.732‒0.984）， brushing teeth twice a day （OR=0.827，95%CI： 0.703‒0.973）， and the caregiver brushing teeth twice a day （OR=0.843， 95%CI： 0.726‒0.983） were effective factors in reducing the caries rate. Factors associated with childhood dental caries included consuming sweets ≥1 time per day （OR=1.397，95%CI： 1.197‒1.342） and female gender （OR=1.482，95%CI： 1.347‒1.671）. ConclusionThe prevalence of dental caries among 12-year-old children in Yangpu District is 24.46%. Gender， maternal education， the frequency of children's toothbrushing， the frequency of sweet consumption， and the caregiver’s toothbrushing frequency are the main factors affecting the prevalence of dental caries in children.
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Objective@#To investigate and compare the sensitivities of early childhood caries detection by using international caries detection and assessment system (ICDAS)-Ⅱ and WHO criteria.@*Methods@#A total of 449 3-year-old children from four day care kindergartens in Beijing were enrolled in this study. Both ICDAS-Ⅱ and WHO criteria were used to assess the prevalence of caries in the given subjects. The decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) index scores were calculated. In ICDAS-Ⅱ system, four cut-off points (D1, D2, D3 and D4) were employed to differentiate sound and decayed teeth: D1 (score 0 as sound, scores 1-6 as caries); D2 (0-1 sound, 2-6 caries); D3 (0-2 sound, 3-6 caries) and D4 (0-3 sound, 4-6 caries). SPSS software was used to analyze the data to decide the significance of differences.@*Results@#The caries prevalence using ICDAS-Ⅱ were 76.6% (344/449), 71.3% (320/449), 52.8% (237/449) and 46.1% (207/449) for D1 to D4, respectively; the corresponding mean dmft scores were 4.95±4.85, 4.41±4.77, 2.54±3.69 and 1.97±3.10. The sites with highest caries prevalence were occlusal surface of mandibular molars in groups of D1 and D2 and proximal surface of maxillary anterior teeth in groups D3 and D4. In contrast, the caries prevalence was 48.8% (219/449) and the mean dmft was 2.27±3.54 when using WHO criteria, significantly lower than the detection rates by using ICDAS-Ⅱ (D1-D2) (P=0.00). This suggested that ICDAS-Ⅱ system was a more sensitive method in detecting early childhood caries.@*Conclusions@#ICDAS-Ⅱ system might be superior in detection of incipient caries and be of specific value in prevention of early childhood caries.
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Objective To investigate the incidence of dental fluorosis and pit caries in school-age children from binhai new area of Tianjin, and to discuss the relationship between dental fluorosis and pit caries, providing the guidance for the prevention and treatment of them. Methods Referring to WHO’s“Oral Health Surveys Basic Methods”(Fourth Edition) and protocols of the third national oral epidemiology investigation, 3 778 children aged 7 to 9 year-old with similar levels of education were investigated for their dental fluorosis and fissure caries using the cross sectional survey method. Results The data showed that the incidence of dental fluorosis was less than 10%in the samples, and the community fluorosis index (CFI) was 0.075. The caries prevalence rate and mean decayed missing filled tooth (DMFT) of first permanent molars were 15.57%and 0.46 in male students, and those were 17.41%and 0.58 in female students. There were no significant differences in the caries prevalence rate and DMFT of first molar between male and female children (χ2=2.345, P>0.05). There were statistically significant differences in the caries rate and DMFT between different age groups (χ2=172.576, P<0.05), and both increased with age. Conclusion After years of defluoridation project in Tianjin, the detection rate and index of dental fluorosis in children have showed a downward trend. The caries prevalence rate may be related to the eruption rate of the first permanent molar.
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Objective:To understand the prevalence of caries in the children aged 12 years in Fujian Province and to compare the influence of two kinds of dental probes examinations on caries detect rate.Methods:Based on oral health investigation of WHO and national oral health survey standards,multi-stage stratified sampling was used to randomly select 792 children in Fujian province to accept examination separately by two dental probes.Results:The prevalence of dental caries of youth aged 12 years in Fujian province has no statistical significance in different gender or between city and countryside.But the caries prevalence of female was higher than that of male when used by sharp dental probe.About 23.23% was found in different detection rates when using two dental probes.Compared to the sampling investigation of Fujian province in 2000 year,the caries prevalence has no obvious increase.Conclusion:The sharp probe has higher detection rate than CPI probe.