Caries experience in schoolchildren in Bucharest, Romania: the PAROGIM study
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Caries experience in schoolchildren in Bucharest, Romania : the PAROGIM study. / Funieru, Cristian; Twetman, Svante; Funieru, Elena; Dumitrache, Adina Mihaela; Sfeatcu, Ruxandra Ionela; Baicus, Cristian.
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T1 - Caries experience in schoolchildren in Bucharest, Romania
T2 - the PAROGIM study
AU - Funieru, Cristian
AU - Twetman, Svante
AU - Funieru, Elena
AU - Dumitrache, Adina Mihaela
AU - Sfeatcu, Ruxandra Ionela
AU - Baicus, Cristian
N1 - © 2013 American Association of Public Health Dentistry.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and experience of dental caries among children from public middle schools in Bucharest in relation to socioeconomic status and access to school-based dental care.METHODS: Clinical data were collected from 1,595 schoolchildren aged 10-17 years, randomly allocated by clusters into a stratified sample population. The dental caries were scored according to the World Health Organization (WHO) clinical criteria and expressed based on tooth and surface levels [Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth/Surfaces indices (DMFT/DMFS)]. A questionnaire was administered to the children to determine the education level of their parents and their living standard.RESULTS: The caries prevalence was 75 percent, and 64 percent had untreated caries. The mean DMFT value for the entire sample was 2.8, and its highest component was decayed teeth (mean DT 2). Parental education level had the strongest influence on the caries scores; 70 percent of children whose parents had not completed a university degree had untreated caries (%DT) compared to only 49 percent of children whose parents had a higher level of education (P < 0.05). Children with access to school-based dental care had significantly better dental health (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Compared to previous national surveys, the caries rates among schoolchildren in Bucharest are slowly declining. However, there was still a high proportion of untreated caries with a clear socioeconomic gradient, and a change in the school-based oral preventive strategy is needed to meet the needs of the children.
AB - OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and experience of dental caries among children from public middle schools in Bucharest in relation to socioeconomic status and access to school-based dental care.METHODS: Clinical data were collected from 1,595 schoolchildren aged 10-17 years, randomly allocated by clusters into a stratified sample population. The dental caries were scored according to the World Health Organization (WHO) clinical criteria and expressed based on tooth and surface levels [Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth/Surfaces indices (DMFT/DMFS)]. A questionnaire was administered to the children to determine the education level of their parents and their living standard.RESULTS: The caries prevalence was 75 percent, and 64 percent had untreated caries. The mean DMFT value for the entire sample was 2.8, and its highest component was decayed teeth (mean DT 2). Parental education level had the strongest influence on the caries scores; 70 percent of children whose parents had not completed a university degree had untreated caries (%DT) compared to only 49 percent of children whose parents had a higher level of education (P < 0.05). Children with access to school-based dental care had significantly better dental health (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Compared to previous national surveys, the caries rates among schoolchildren in Bucharest are slowly declining. However, there was still a high proportion of untreated caries with a clear socioeconomic gradient, and a change in the school-based oral preventive strategy is needed to meet the needs of the children.
KW - Child
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Dental Caries
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Prevalence
KW - Romania
U2 - 10.1111/jphd.12039
DO - 10.1111/jphd.12039
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24308765
VL - 74
SP - 153
EP - 158
JO - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
JF - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
SN - 0022-4006
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 137424802