Prevalence and severity of gingivitis in school students aged 6–11 years in Tafelah Governorate, South Jordan: results of the survey executed by National Woman’s Health Care Center

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Asma Abdalmohdi⁴  Reem Azab⁵  Leena Smadi³  Feryal Khlaifat¹  Rania Rodan² 

[1] Ministry of Health, Amman 11941, Jordan;Royal Medical Services, Salt 19110, Jordan;Department of Conservative Dentistry, University of Jordan, Amman 11855, Jordan;Head of Planning, Research and Information Department, National Woman’s Health Care Center, Amman 11831, Jordan;Ministry of Health, Amman 11118, Jordan

关键词: Plaque index;    Gingival index;    Oral hygiene;    Prevalence;    Gingivitis;   

Others  :  1232732
DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-015-1532-y

 received in 2015-01-08, accepted in 2015-09-28,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

A cross-sectional census was conducted on 994 public school students aged 6-11 years living in 3 different parts of Tafeleh Governorate—South of Jordan, to determine the prevalence, and severity of gingivitis and to evaluate the oral hygiene habits among them as a part a survey executed by National Woman’s Health Care Center. All students were examined for gingival index (GI) and plaque index (PI), information about oral hygiene habits was recorded.

Results

Only 29.8 % had healthy gingiva, 38.5 % had mild gingivitis, 31.4 % had moderate gingivitis, and 0.3 % had severe gingivitis. The difference between both genders was not statistically significant P > 0.05. 36.8 % of the examined students never brushed their teeth. Average gingival index (GI) and average plaque index (PI) were 0.77 and 0.61 respectively.

Conclusions

Fair oral hygiene with mild to moderate gingivitis is highly prevalent among Tafelah school children. This study indicated that oral health status among schoolchildren in Tafelah is poor and needs to be improved. Long-term school based oral health education programme is highly recommended.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Rodan et al.

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