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Article: Dental and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China
Title | Dental and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China |
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Keywords | Caries Children China Ethnic Minority |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcoralhealth/ |
Citation | BMC Oral Health, 2014, v. 14 n. 1, article no. 32 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: Bulang is an ethnic minority group living in Yunnan in the southwestern part of China. There is little information pertaining to the oral health of Bulang children. This study aims to examine the dental caries and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China and the factors affecting their oral-health status.
Methods: 12-year-old Bulang school children in Yunnan, China, were recruited through a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Following the recommendation of the World Health Organization, caries experiences were recorded using the DMFT index and periodontal status with the CPI index. A self-completed questionnaire was used to collect information on the background and oral health-related behaviours of the children.
Results: A total of 900 children in primary schools were invited, and 873 (97%) joined the survey. Their caries prevalence was 35%. Their caries experience in mean DMFT (±SD) score was 0.6 ± 1.1, and 94% of the carious teeth had no treatment. Most children (71%) had bleeding gums, and 58% of them had calculus. Girls and those who had visited a dentist in the previous year had higher caries risk.
Conclusions: Dental caries was common among the 12-year-old Bulang children in China. Most of the carious teeth were left untreated. Caries prevalence was associated with gender and dental attendance. Their periodontal condition was poor, and more than half of them had calculus. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196770 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.737 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhang, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, J | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, ECM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, CH | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-29T03:38:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-29T03:38:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Oral Health, 2014, v. 14 n. 1, article no. 32 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6831 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196770 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Bulang is an ethnic minority group living in Yunnan in the southwestern part of China. There is little information pertaining to the oral health of Bulang children. This study aims to examine the dental caries and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China and the factors affecting their oral-health status. Methods: 12-year-old Bulang school children in Yunnan, China, were recruited through a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Following the recommendation of the World Health Organization, caries experiences were recorded using the DMFT index and periodontal status with the CPI index. A self-completed questionnaire was used to collect information on the background and oral health-related behaviours of the children. Results: A total of 900 children in primary schools were invited, and 873 (97%) joined the survey. Their caries prevalence was 35%. Their caries experience in mean DMFT (±SD) score was 0.6 ± 1.1, and 94% of the carious teeth had no treatment. Most children (71%) had bleeding gums, and 58% of them had calculus. Girls and those who had visited a dentist in the previous year had higher caries risk. Conclusions: Dental caries was common among the 12-year-old Bulang children in China. Most of the carious teeth were left untreated. Caries prevalence was associated with gender and dental attendance. Their periodontal condition was poor, and more than half of them had calculus. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcoralhealth/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Oral Health | en_US |
dc.rights | BMC Oral Health. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Caries | - |
dc.subject | Children | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Ethnic | - |
dc.subject | Minority | - |
dc.title | Dental and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lo, ECM: edward-lo@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chu, CH: chchu@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lo, ECM=rp00015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chu, CH=rp00022 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1472-6831-14-32 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 24708768 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3978202 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84897960591 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 228668 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 32 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 32 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000335185500002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1472-6831 | - |