Dental caries status among elementary students at Medowo III Elementary School, Kandangan, Kediri, East Java
Downloads
Background: Dental caries is frequently observed in children. Increasing the awareness of oral health among school-age children is anticipated to decrease the occurrence of dental caries. Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental caries among students in Medowo III elementary school using dmft/DMFT index. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among the entire student at Medowo III elementary school. The dental caries of each student were assessed using the dmft and DMFT indices. The assessment of variable distribution was conducted using the Shapiro-Wilk test. The dmft/DMFT values were compared between different age groups and genders using either the Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney test. The data was processed using a significance level of p < 0.05. Results: The study included a total of 43 students. The average caries index in primary dentitions was markedly greater than in permanent dentitions. According to WHO, the prevalence of dental caries was very high in the primary dentition of students aged 7-9 years. No notable disparities were detected between female and male students in relation to the caries index of both primary and permanent teeth. However, the average caries index of primary teeth was considerably higher in middle-childhood students compared to preadolescence students. Conclusion: The dental caries prevalence among students in Medowo III elementary school were still high. Therefore, oral health prevention program was needed in order to enhance the community's awareness toward dental caries.
Fiorillo L. Oral Health: The First Step to Well-Being. Medicina (Kaunas). 2019 Oct 7;55(10):676.
Peres MA, Macpherson LMD, Weyant RJ, Daly B, Venturelli R, Mathur MR, et al. Oral diseases: a global public health challenge. Lancet (London, England). 2019 Jul;394(10194):249–60.
Marcenes W, Kassebaum NJ, Bernabé E, Flaxman A, Naghavi M, Lopez A, et al. Global burden of oral conditions in 1990-2010: a systematic analysis. J Dent Res. 2013;92(7):592–7.
Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, Fleming TD, Reynolds AE, Vos T, et al. Global, regional, and national prevalence, incidence, and disability-adjusted life years for oral conditions for 195 countries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. J Dent Res. 2017;96(4):380–7.
NASIONAL R. Laporan_Nasional_RKD2018_FINAL.pdf. Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. 2018. p. 674.
Van Chuyen N, Van Du V, Van Ba N, Long DD, Son HA. The prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among secondary school children in rural highland Vietnam. BMC Oral Health. 2021;21(1):349.
Pakkhesal M, Riyahi E, Naghavi Alhosseini A, Amdjadi P, Behnampour N. Impact of dental caries on oral health related quality of life among preschool children: perceptions of parents. BMC Oral Health. 2021 Feb;21(1):68.
Kazmi A, Ismail M, Kazmi N. Why do children still have preventable caries? BDJ Team. 2021;8(2):10–1.
PE P, RJ B. Oral health surveys: basic methods. 5th ed. World Health Organization; 2013.
Maharani DA, Zhang S, Gao SS, Chu C-H, Rahardjo A. Dental Caries and the Erosive Tooth Wear Status of 12-Year-Old Children in Jakarta, Indonesia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(16).
Andayani LH, Soulissa AG, Lestari S. Dental and Oral Health Status of Elementary School Children in Central Lampung. J Indones Dent Assoc. 2021;4(1):7–13.
Misrohmasari EAA, Prihatiningrum B. Parenting Styles and Dental Caries among Preschool Children in a Coastal Area of Jember, Indonesia. Insisiva Dent J Maj Kedokt Gigi Insisiva. 2022;11(1):8–12.
Fadilah RPN, Prayogo AP. Dental caries survey of first permanent molar teeth among 6-8 years old during the pandemic: cross-sectional study. Padjadjaran J Dent Res Students. 2023;7(2):99–104.
Bashir NZ. Trends in the prevalence of dental caries in the US pediatric population 2011–2020. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2022;46:51–7.
Levine RS. Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies. Br Dent J. 2021;230(9):611–6.
Wagne Y, Heinrich-Weltzien R. Caries Prevalence and Risk Assessment in Thuringian Infants, Germany. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2017;15(5).
Youssefi MA, Afroughi S. Prevalence and associated factors of dental caries in primary schoolchildren: an Iranian setting. Int J Dent. 2020;2020.
Ballouk MA-H, Dashash M. Caries prevalence and dental health of 8–12 year-old children in Damascus city in Syria during the Syrian Crisis; a cross-sectional epidemiological oral health survey. BMC Oral Health. 2019;19:1–6.
Nomura Y, Maung K, Kay Khine EM, Sint KM, Lin MP, Win Myint MK, et al. Prevalence of dental caries in 5-and 6-year-old Myanmar children. Int J Dent. 2019;2019.
Vasireddy D, Sathiyakumar T, Mondal S, Sur S. Socioeconomic Factors Associated With the Risk and Prevalence of Dental Caries and Dental Treatment Trends in Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) Data, 2016-2019. Cureus. 2021;13(11).
Ghasemianpour M, Bakhshandeh S, Shirvani A, Emadi N, Samadzadeh H, Moosavi Fatemi N, et al. Dental caries experience and socio-economic status among Iranian children: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):1569.
Papadaki S, Douglas GVA, HaniBani A, Kang J. Gender Differences in Caries and Periodontal Status in UK Children. medRxiv. 2021 Jan;3(24):21253842.
Gupta N, Vujicic M, Yarbrough C, Harrison B. Disparities in untreated caries among children and adults in the US, 2011–2014. BMC Oral Health. 2018;18(1):1–9.
Nazir A, Asghar F, Akram S, Haider E, Rana SAA, Khan MA, et al. Factors Associated with Frequency of the First Permanent Molar Caries in Young Children of Multan District, Pakistan. J Dent Indones. 2019;26(2):70–4.
Mallineni SK, Alassaf A, Almulhim B, Alghamdi S. Influence of Tooth Brushing and Previous Dental Visits on Dental Caries Status among Saudi Arabian Children. Vol. 10, Children. 2023. p. 471.
Sathiyakumar T, Vasireddy D, Mondal S. Impact of sociodemographic factors on dental caries in children and availing fluoride treatment: a study based on National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) data 2016-2019. Cureus. 2021;13(9):e18395.
Shaffer JR, Leslie EJ, Feingold E, Govil M, McNeil DW, Crout RJ, et al. Caries Experience Differs between Females and Males across Age Groups in Northern Appalachia. Int J Dent. 2015;2015:938213.
Lee ZL, Gan WY, Lim PY, Hasan R, Lim SY. Associations of nutritional status, sugar and second-hand smoke exposure with dental caries among 3- to 6-year old Malaysian pre-schoolers: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2020;20(1):164.
Dimaisip-Nabuab J, Duijster D, Benzian H, Heinrich-Weltzien R, Homsavath A, Monse B, et al. Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Sep;18(1):300.
Lukacs JR, Largaespada LL. Explaining sex differences in dental caries prevalence: saliva, hormones, and "life-history” etiologies. Am J Hum Biol Off J Hum Biol Counc. 2006;18(4):540–55.
Goenka P, Dutta S, Marwah N, Sarawgi A, Nirwan M, Mishra P. Prevalence of Dental Caries in Children of Age 5 to 13 Years in District of Vaishali, Bihar, India. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2018;11(5):359–64.
Archana SP, Gupta N, Rajmohan S. Dental caries prevalence in the children of age group 6 and 12 years on the basis of various oral hygiene factors in the Himachal Population: A Cross Sectional Study. J Posit Sch Psychol. 2022;6(3):10153–61.
Chu CH, Wong AWY, Lo ECM, Courtel F. Oral health status and behaviours of children in rural districts of Cambodia. Int Dent J. 2008;58(1):15–22.
Phanthavong S, Nonaka D, Phonaphone T, Kanda K, Sombouaphan P, Wake N, et al. Oral health behavior of children and guardians' beliefs about children's dental caries in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). PLoS One. 2019;14(1):e0211257.
Dumitrescu R, Sava-Rosianu R, Jumanca D, Balean O, Damian L-R, Campus GG, et al. Dental Caries, Oral Health Behavior, and Living Conditions in 6–8-Year-Old Romanian School Children. Vol. 9, Children. 2022.
Copyright (c) 2024 Adya Pramusita, Ari Triwardhani, Nurul Aisyah Rizky Putranti, Dwi Rahmawati, Alexander Patera Nugraha, Maria Devitha, Riizko Wira Artha Megantara, Tengku Natasha Eleena binti Tengku Ahmad Noor
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Lisence, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
Copyright notice:
IJDM by UNAIR is licensed under a Creative Commons Atribusi 4.0 Internasional.
- The journal allows the author to hold the copyright of the article without restrictions.
- The journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.
- The legal formal aspect of journal publication accessibility refers to Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
