Assessment of Dental Caries Prevalence in Deciduous and Permanent Student Teeth in Khamis Mushait–KSA

Hanan T. A. Taifour; Mojahid Abdelrhman; Mohammed A. Ali Omer; Iglal Bshir Nasir; Awdelkarim Ahmed

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Assessment of Dental Caries Prevalence in Deciduous and Permanent Student Teeth in Khamis Mushait–KSA

Hanan T. A. Taifour, Mojahid Abdelrhman, Mohammed A. Ali Omer, Iglal Bshir Nasir, Awdelkarim Ahmed

Abstract :

From the total selected sample (1110 girls) and (380 boys), only 21%, 19%, 17% using teeth ush among boys and only 29.2%, 25.6%, 21.2% from girls in class 1, class 4 and class 6 respectively. And the high consumption of caries induction factors by students in classes 1, 4 and 6 which was 68%, 74%, 80% (girls) and 85%, 85%, 87% (boys) respectively. The BMI study revealed that: the high incidence of dental caries was observed among overweight student which represents 49% boys and 43% as girls, then the second involved BMI group was the obese which showed 35% boys and 33% among girls, then followed by the underweight as 11% boys and 15% girls while the least involved BMI group was the normal students that representing 5% boys and 9% girls. The study depending on dmft% and DMFT% among the student classes for boys and girls revealed that: the dmft % decreasing with age and it is more among the boys than the girls 4.25%, 3.58% respectively. While DMFT increasing with age it is also more among the boys than the girls 1.50% and 1.19% respectively. In the mandible the most tooth affected was the permanent first molar and it is affected more than the maxillary permanent first molar ,and the least permanent teeth affected were the mandibular incisors.