Prevalence and factors related to dental caries among pre-school children of Saddar town, Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Navara Tanweer²  Shahbano Syed²  Nazeer Khan⁴  Nighat Nisar¹  Narendar Dawani³ 

[1] Department of Community Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Baba-E-Urdu Road, Saddar, Karachi, Pakistan;Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, DUHS, Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Karachi, Pakistan;Department of Community Dentistry, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, DUHS, Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Karachi, Pakistan;Department of Research, Dow University of Health Sciences, Baba-E-Urdu Road, Saddar, Karachi, Pakistan

关键词: Pakistan;    Pre-school children;    Prevalence;    Dental caries;   

Others  :  1126229
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-12-59

 received in 2012-02-08, accepted in 2012-12-11,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Dental caries is highly prevalent and a significant public health problem among children throughout the world. Epidemiological data regarding prevalence of dental caries amongst Pakistani pre-school children is very limited. The objective of this study is to determine the frequency of dental caries among pre-school children of Saddar Town, Karachi, Pakistan and the factors related to caries.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 1000 preschool children was conducted in Saddar town, Karachi. Two-stage cluster sampling was used to select the sample. At first stage, eight clusters were selected randomly from total 11 clusters. In second stage, from the eight selected clusters, preschools were identified and children between 3- to 6-years age group were assessed for dental caries.

Results

Caries prevalence was 51% with a mean dmft score being 2.08 (±2.97) of which decayed teeth constituted 1.95. The mean dmft of males was 2.3 (±3.08) and of females was 1.90 (±2.90). The mean dmft of 3, 4, 5 and 6- year olds was 1.65, 2.11, 2.16 and 3.11 respectively. A significant association was found between dental caries and following variables: age group of 4-years (p-value ² 0.029, RR = 1.248, 95% Bias corrected CI 0.029-0.437) and 5-years (p-value ² 0.009, RR = 1.545, 95% Bias corrected CI 0.047-0.739), presence of dental plaque (p-value ² 0.003, RR = 0.744, 95% Bias corrected CI (−0.433)-(−0.169)), poor oral hygiene (p-value ² 0.000, RR = 0.661, 95% Bias corrected CI (−0.532)-(−0.284)), as well as consumption of non-sweetened milk (p-value ² 0.049, RR = 1.232, 95% Bias corrected CI 0.061-0.367).

Conclusion

Half of the preschoolers had dental caries coupled with a high prevalence of unmet dental treatment needs. Association between caries experience and age of child, consumption of non-sweetened milk, dental plaque and poor oral hygiene had been established.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Dawani et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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