Abstract
The present study aimed to assess dental status in 7-12-year-old Lithuanian children and to evaluate the extent and the efficiency of the Pit and Fissure Sealing in Permanent Molars program. This cross-sectional study was performed between September 2007 and May 2008. Children, aged 7-12 years, from secondary schools in five biggest cities of Lithuania were invited for the examination using a cluster random sampling method. The data for the present study were collected following the general principles for basic oral health surveys of the World Health Organization. The prevalence of dental caries was 85.5%, 88.9%, and 70.6% in 7-8-, 9-10-, and 12-year olds, respectively. The prevalence of dental caries in permanent molars increased with age and became as high as 57.7% in 12-year-old children. The data showed that the mean number of sealed teeth depends on the county and ranged from 0.83 (1.31) to 1.45 (1.85) in 7-8-year olds, from 0.95 (1.29) to 2.54 (1.15) in 9-10-year olds, and from 0.26 to 2.13 (1.15) in 12-year olds. The prevalence and incidence of dental caries in 7-12-year-old Lithuanian children are high. Only half of all examined children have at least one sealed molar. The financial resources allocated for the Pit and Fissure Sealing in Permanent Molars program were used insufficiently; therefore, there is a need for systematic measures in order to improve the efficacy of the aforementioned program.
Highlights
Children, aged 7–12 years, from secondary schools in five biggest cities of Lithuania were invited for the examination using a cluster random sampling method
The data for the present study were collected following the general principles for basic oral health surveys of the World Health Organization
The prevalence of dental caries in permanent molars increased with age and became as high as 57.7% in 12-year-old children
Summary
7–12 metų Lietuvos moksleivių krūminių dantų ėduonies profilaktikos programos analizė. Įvertinti 7–12 metų Lietuvos moksleivių dantų būklę, krūminių dantų dengimo silantinėmis medžiagomis programos įgyvendinimo rezultatus ir lėšų panaudojimo racionalumą. 7–12 metų Lietuvos moksleivių krūminiai dantys yra labai pažeisti dantų ėduonies. Lietuvoje kaip ir visame pasaulyje pripažįstama silantinių medžiagų nauda kramtomųjų dantų paviršių ėduonies profilaktikai, todėl, siekiant sudaryti vienodas galimybes vaikams išsaugoti sveikus dantis, Lietuvos sveikatos apsaugos ministro 2004 m. Todėl šio tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti 7–12 metų Lietuvos moksleivių dantų būklę, Vaikų krūminių dantų dengimo silantinėmis medžiagomis programos įgyvendinimo rezultatus ir lėšų panaudojimo racionalumą. Epidemiologinis tyrimas buvo atliktas praėjus trejiems metams nuo programos pradžios, todėl tirtų 7–8 ir 9– 10 metų grupių moksleiviai turėjo galimybę dalyvauti programoje jau nuo jos įgyvendinimo pradžios, o dvylikamečiams moksleiviams antrieji krūminiai dantys pradėti dengti tik 2006–2007 m
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