The prevalence of dental caries among Egyptian children and adolescences and its association with age, socioeconomic status, dietary habits and other risk factors. A cross-sectional study

Marwa M S Abbass, Sara Ahmed Mahmoud, Sara El Moshy, Dina Rady, Nermeen AbuBakr, Israa Ahmed Radwan, Attera Ahmed, Ahmed Abdou, Ayoub Al Jawaldeh, Marwa M S Abbass, Sara Ahmed Mahmoud, Sara El Moshy, Dina Rady, Nermeen AbuBakr, Israa Ahmed Radwan, Attera Ahmed, Ahmed Abdou, Ayoub Al Jawaldeh

Abstract

Background: Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial disease, with limited data available for the Egyptian population. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of dental caries among Egyptian children and adolescents in correlation with age, gender, body mass index, socioeconomic status, parental education, biological risk factors and dietary habits. Methods: A total number of 369 Egyptian children and adolescents (age ranges from 3-18 years) were examined over the period from 15 th November 2017 to 13 th January 2018. Socio-demographic data, oral hygiene measures and dietary habits for children were recorded. Dental status was analyzed using decayed, missing and filled tooth index (dmft) for deciduous dentition and (DMFT) index for permanent dentition. For mixed dentition (deft) index was used, d (decayed tooth indicated for filling), e (decayed tooth indicated for extraction) and f (filled tooth). Results: 74% of the children had dental caries with mean dmft: 3.23±4.07; deft: 4.21±3.21; DMFT: 1.04±1.56. In primary dentition, dmft of the children was positively correlated with age, beans, candies, crackers, chocolates and inversely correlated with gender, socio-economic status (SES), parental education, brushing frequency of the parent, brushing frequency of the parent to the child teeth, brushing frequency of the child and consumption of eggs, fruits/vegetables, milk and milk products. In mixed dentition, deft was positively correlated with candies, crackers, citric juices, while negatively correlated with age, SES, parental education, brushing frequency of the parent to the child, brushing frequency of the child, fruits/vegetables. In permanent dentition, DMFT in children was positively correlated with age and chocolates while not correlated with any of the remaining risk factors. Conclusion: The present study clarifies the significant risk factors associated with dental caries amongst Egyptian children. This will help in planning strategies to prevent and treat such disease.

Keywords: Adolescences; Age; Caries; Dietary; Education; Prevalence; Socioeconomic; children.

Conflict of interest statement

No competing interests were disclosed.

Figures

Figure 1.. dmft and different risk factors…
Figure 1.. dmft and different risk factors - N= 369: *+ve correlations; ** inverse correlations; A : ≤ 2 times/week B : 3–6 times/week C : 1–6 times/day.
Figure 2.. deft and different risk factors…
Figure 2.. deft and different risk factors - N= 369: *+ve correlations; ** inverse correlations; A : ≤ 2 times/week B : 3–6 times/week C : 1–6 times/day.
Figure 3.. DMFT and different risk factors…
Figure 3.. DMFT and different risk factors - N= 369: *+ve correlations; ** inverse correlations; A : ≤ 2 times/week B : 3–6 times/week C : 1–6 times/day.

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