Technical Composition 1

Adviser: Dr. Romeo T. Cruz Jr.

Members: Francisco, Elaine

: Pingol, Bernadette

: Sebastian, Ecclesiatica

“Assessment of the Oral Health Status of

Our Lady of Fatima University Basic Education students

As Provided by the Clinicians of Dental Wellness Center”

Statement of the Problem

• Main Problem:

This research aims to assess the oral health status of Basic Education students in Our Lady of Fatima

University as provided by the clinicians of College of Dentistry

Sub- Problem:

1. What is the demographic profile of the students in terms of:

1.1 Age ? ,

1.2 Gender ? .

Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website (icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)

• Average Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (XDMFT) in the Philippines by Age Group, 1987 – 2011

•Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website

• (icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)•

Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website

(icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)

• Prevalence of Dental Caries by Age and Gender, Philippines, 2011

Summary

• As a summary to the first question in the sub problem, tackles about that the prevalence of decayed, missing, and filling (DMF) by age (since 1987 to 2011) in the Philippines, the group of age that comes first are the 65-74 or the older group among the other age group. Every year, dentist wants to know the number of DMF, to evaluate the patient proper hygiene. Furthermore, the dental charting reveals that dental caries are more rampant before than nowadays, that’s why dentist encourage Filipinos to have some regular check-up every six months.

Summary cont..

• In the demographic profile, noting about the high prevalence in dental caries particularly in gender, the highest dental caries occur in females than the males. Since the information reveals that this are common in the female, due to some reasons that the dental caries may occur.

Sub- Problem:

2. What are the most common oral condition complaint each children experience per age group?

The sample of this clinical prospective study conducted in 2010 and 2013, comprised a total of 166. patients (76

males and 90 females) who were referred to paedodontic clinics of Princess Haya Hospital, Prince Hashem Hospital, Marka Military Medical Centre, King

Hussein Medical Centre and Ameer Zaid Hospital Royal Medical Services-Jordan Armed Forces–Jordan.

Most common chief complaint for the first visit was pain (48.8%). Second common complaint was dental caries

(29.5%). . Other complaints are shown in Table 2.

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Chief complaints among Jordanian children

TABLE 2: CHIEF COMPLAINTS

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent

• Regular check up 16 9.6 9.6 9.6• Dental pain 81 48.8 48.8 58.4• Swelling 12 7.2 7.2 65.7• Dental caries 49 29.5 29.5 95.2• Trauma 8 4.8 4.8 100.0 Total 166 100.0 100.0

Sub- Problem:

3. What is the present oral health status of the students in terms of:

3.1 Caries formation?,

3.2 Calcular deposit?,

3.3 Number of extraction?.

According to the Pedodontic clinics of Princess Haya Hospital, Prince Hashem Hospital, Marka Military Medical Centre, King Hussein Medical Centre and Ameer Zaid Hospital Royal Medical , Services, the most common chief complaint of the patient in the first visit in the dental clinic are was pain with 48.8% due to some oral problems , the second reason why the patient come to the clinic was dental caries with 29.5% and other complaints that are least chief complaints are the swelling, trauma, and for regular check up.

As you can see, patient only consult to the dentist when they already felt pain, but not to have their mouth to be treated with other proper oral hygiene that need to be maintain. This may become a problem when patient does not come for regular check up for the dentist, because pain may occur anytime if the oral hard and soft tissues have a poor hygiene.

Sub- Problem:

4. Is there significant difference between the elementary students with that of the high school students in terms of:

– Caries formation?,

– Calcular deposit?,

– Number of extraction?.

Prevalence of dental caries among school children of Bharatpur city, India

Healthy teeth and oral tissues and the need for oral health care are important for any section of society. Oral disorders can have a profound impact on the quality-of-life. Good oral health has real health gains, in that it can improve general health and quality-of-life and contribute to self-image and social interaction. Epidemiologic studies may be of value in assessing the prevalence of diseases, in disclosing trends in disease development, and in analyzing possible factors influencing the disease pattern.

In this study, among the total 1400 (100%) study subjects, 745 (53.2%) were boys and 655 (46.8%) were girls. Among both government and private schools maximum school children were boys, that is, 360 (51.4%) and 385 (55%) respectively, which is in accordance to the study conducted by Adekoya-Sofowora et al.

Maximum number of school children, that is, 387 (27.6%) were from the age group of 15 years which is in accordance with the study conducted by Pontigo-Loyola et al.[ in which maximum number of school children belonged to the age group of 15 years, that is, 850 (55.3%).

In this study, a maximum number of children, that is, 1176 (84%) brushed once in a day. These results are in accordance with the study conducted by Shailee et al.among both government and private school children in which also a maximum number of children, that is, 620 (52.9%) brushed once in a day.

• In the total study population, 5.22 ± 2.68 was the mean DMFT. Among the government and private school children, 7.61 ± 2.86 and 4.76 ± 2.42 was the mean DMFT observed, respectively. In the study conducted by Wyne et al. 2.92 ± 3.51 was the mean DMFT. Among the government and private school children, 2.85 ± 3.41 and 3.05 ± 3.72 was the mean DMFT observed, respectively.

• In this study, 742 (100%) were caries positive, out of which 392 (53%) were government school children and 350 (47%) were private school children. In the study conducted by Piovesan et al. of 141 (100%) caries positive school children, 86 (61%) were government school children and 55 (39%) were private school children.

Dental Caries, and Supragingival Plaque and Calculus among Students, Tanga, TanzaniaL. C. Carneiro1 and M. N. Kabulwa2

The prevalence of dental caries and supragingival plaque and calculus in 785 secondary schools students was assessed. More than half (53.6%) of the students were caries-free, and the majority of those with dental caries experience were aged 14–17 (68.1%) and females (53%). Mean DMFT was 1.26, with mean D-component of 1.05, and molars were most affected. Most students had supragingival plaque (74%) and calculus (56.9%) and more so in males than females (  > 0 . 0 5). Less than half 𝑃of the students had experience of dental caries and those with caries were mostly females and of the younger age group. The low DMFT was contributed to the D-component, and molars were the tooth type most affected.The majority of students had supra-gingival plaque and calculus and more so in males than females.

Sub- Problem:

5. What is the overall result in present oral health condition of the basic education students in Our Lady of Fatima University?

What are the latest dental problems statistics of the Philippines?

The oral health status of Filipino children is alarming. The 2006 National Oral Health Survey (Monse B. et al, NOHS 2006) investigated the oral health status of Philippine public elementary school students. It revealed that 97.1% of six-year-old children suffer from tooth decay. More than four out of every five children of this subgroup manifested symptoms of dentinogenic infection.

In addition, 78.4% of twelve-year-old children suffer from dental caries and 49.7% of the same age group manifested symptoms of dentinogenic infections. The severity of dental caries, expressed as the average number of decayed teeth indicated for filling/extraction or filled permanent teeth (DMFT) or temporary teeth (dmft), was 8.4 dmft for the six-year-old age group and 2.9 DMFT for the twelve-year-old age group (NOHS 2006).