Programme guidelines for promoting good oral health for children in Nigeria: a position paper

BMC Oral Health

Omolola O Orenuga⁴  Oyinkan O Sofola⁵  Ayodeji O Esan³  Nneka Onyejaka²  Nneka M Chukwumah²  Abiola A Adeniyi¹  Morenike O Folayan² 

[1] Department of Preventive Dentistry Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria;Paediatric Dentistry Working Group, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Child Dental Health, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

关键词: Oral health promotion;    Evidence;    Campaign;    Caries;    Children;    Nigeria;   

Others  :  1091460
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-14-128

 received in 2013-11-25, accepted in 2014-10-10,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The objective of this paper is to draw attention to the oral health needs of children in Nigeria, and promote the use of appropriate interventions for disease prevention in the population. It also evaluates the value of the ongoing twice-daily tooth brushing campaign, which focuses on promoting good periodontal health and its relevance for children in Nigeria.

Discussion

The main oral health burden for children in Nigeria is untreated dental caries, attributable to low utilization of oral health facilities. While there is a strong association between oral hygiene status and caries occurrence, no research had established an association between frequency of tooth brushing and caries in children in Nigeria. Prevalence of caries and gingivitis is low, despite the fact that a majority of children brush once a day and most of them have fair oral hygiene. Campaigns that promote twice daily brushing to prevent chronic periodontitis in children are not driven by evidences supporting the local epidemic, and therefore cannot be considered as efficient use of the limited resources available.

Summary

Existing evidences show that the main oral health need of children in Nigeria is the management of untreated caries. Promoting the treatment of caries should be the primary focus of oral health programmes for children in Nigeria, as this would reduce further risks of developing new carious lesions. Public health campaigns should focus efforts at creating demand for oral health care services, for both preventive and curative purposes.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Folayan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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