Oral health knowledge attitude practices and caries experience among 10-12year olds in childrens homes
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2009Author
Edalia, G.L
Mua, B.W
Kisumbi, B. K.
Kemoli, A. M.
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The objective was to determine knowledge, attitude, practices and caries experience for 10- 12 year aids in two children's homes. The results showed 33(63%) of the children were able to identify tooth decay as a disease affecting teeth and majority of the respondents 44(85%) attributed it to eating a lot of sweets and sugary foods. The children's attitudes towards oral health was positive, many of them 40(80%) reported that healthy teeth were very important and majority of them 46(88%) felt that it was important to retain one's teeth throughout life. Majority of the children 41(79%) brushed their teeth after every meal, however they reported a high sugar intake with 3i62%) reporting frequent intake of sweets and sugary foods.
The overall DMFT was 1.15. This is lower than the stipulated W.H.O levels which is 3 for 12 year olds. The mean for decayed teeth was 1.04 which was higher than the mean for missing-O.l 0 and filled-0.02.
Conclusion: The children had a high percentage of unmet treatment needs and most of the majority had a positive attitude towards oral health and brushed daily. However, they reported a high sugar intake.
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Ministry of Medical Services Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Department of Peadiatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Oral health knowledge attitude practices and caries experience among 1 0-12year olds in childrens homes.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]