Community-based assessment and intervention for early childhood caries in rural El Salvador
| العنوان: | Community-based assessment and intervention for early childhood caries in rural El Salvador |
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| المؤلفون: | Yvonne L. Kapila, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, Darya Dabiri, George J. Eckert, Margherita Fontana |
| المصدر: | International dental journal, vol 66, iss 4 Dabiri, D; Fontana, M; Kapila, Y; Eckert, G; & Sokal-Gutierrez, K. (2016). Community-based assessment and intervention for early childhood caries in rural El Salvador. International Dental Journal, 66(4), 221-228. doi: 10.1111/idj.12228. UCSF: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2f62j7c3Test Int Dent J |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier BV, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Gerontology, Oral and gastrointestinal, Fluorides, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Risk Factors, Fluorides, Topical, 030212 general & internal medicine, Dental Care, Child, Health Education, Pediatric, Community based, Scientific Research Report, Community Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Topical, Child, Preschool, Health Education, Dental, Female, Early childhood caries, Toothbrushing, medicine.medical_specialty, Pain, Dental Caries, 03 medical and health sciences, Mouth pain, Clinical Research, early childhood caries, Environmental health, Intervention (counseling), El Salvador, medicine, Humans, Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease, Preschool, General Dentistry, Retrospective Studies, Descriptive statistics, DMF Index, business.industry, Prevention, Public health, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Retrospective cohort study, 030206 dentistry, Newborn, medicine.disease, community-based intervention, stomatognathic diseases, Nutrition Assessment, Socioeconomic Factors, Dentistry, Dental, Rural Health Services, Rural area, business |
| الوصف: | Author(s): Dabiri, Darya; Fontana, Margherita; Kapila, Yvonne; Eckert, George; Sokal-Gutierrez, Karen | Abstract: ObjectiveThe objectives were to assess early childhood caries (ECC) in rural areas of El Salvador and to investigate the changes in caries and mouth pain in the presence of community-based interventions.MethodsThis study was a retrospective analysis of de-identified and anonymous data obtained from baseline and four annual follow-up visits that focused on the preventive oral health intervention and nutrition in a convenience sample of children 0-6 years of age. The decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) index for primary teeth was used as the survey tool. Caries was defined as a cavitated lesion. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the prevalence of ECC in the sample in relation to age and dmft score. Linear mixed model analysis of variance (ANOVA) and generalised linear mixed effects models were used to compare the pre-intervention and post-intervention outcomes.ResultsThe prevalence of caries was 58%. Incorporation of a community oral health education and fluoride supplementation programme contributed to significant reductions in caries experience (from 74% to 61%) and mouth pain (from 58% to 39%), in children 3-6 years of age.ConclusionsECC is a common public health problem in rural El Salvador. In an established community-based maternal-child health programme in El Salvador, there appears to be an association between the incorporation of preventive oral health intervention and improvement in children's oral health and quality of life over time. |
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| تدمد: | 0020-6539 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::70ea0f8f8816482af6b34d3235688cb6Test https://doi.org/10.1111/idj.12228Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....70ea0f8f8816482af6b34d3235688cb6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 00206539 |
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