Dental caries among the children of labor workers: A Review Literature
Author Name: Mr. Praful Damor Mr. Abhay Pattan
Volume: 01/02
Country: INDIA
DOI NO.: 02.2024-69951726 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2024-69951726/GIJNR
Affiliation:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, Parul Institute of Nursing, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat.
- Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, Parul Institute of Nursing, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat.
ABSTRACT
Background: The prevalence, distribution, oral health status, and treatment needs of dental caries in children are all valuable tools for assessing oral health. In 366 children from five schools in Kathmandu’s Jorpati Village Development Committee (VDC), The condition of dental caries and treatment needs were recorded using the World Health Organization (WHO) index (1997). Dental caries was found in 156 (42.6%) of the children, with 122 (78.21%) having caries in their permanent teeth, 26 (16.67%) having caries in their primary teeth, and 8 (5.13%) having caries in both dentitions. The highest prevalence of dental caries (23.8%) was found among 12-year-old pupils, while the lowest was seen among 15-year-old students. (23.8%) and the lowest among 15-year-olds (3.8%)
Dental caries was found in 43.5 percent of female pupils (177), but only 41.8 percent of male students (179). 273 (81.25 percent) of the 336 teeth impacted by dental carries were permanent teeth, whereas 63 (18.75 percent) were primary teeth. The distribution of dental caries in the permanent and primary dentition was statistically significant (P 0.05).
Objective: the objects were to Assess dental caries among children of labor workers and to Assess the effectiveness of tooth brushing demonstration in the reduction of dental caries and find out the association between tooth brushing demonstrations of dental caries with selected socio demographic variables. Material and Method: Pub med, research gate, Google scholar database were used to search the literature, Studies were included only if the data on dental caries.
Result: twelve full text articles met the inclusion criteria are involved in the literature reviews.
Key words: Dental caries, Demonstration, Tooth brushing technique, labor workers