Abstract
Aims: To determine the effect of risk factors such as income level, socioeconomic status, parents education, brushing behavior , dental attendance, type of treatment performed and others on dental ca- ries severity of permanent teeth. Materials and Methods: Sample size was (531) students (260 males and 271 females) who were selected randomly from (10) primary and intermediate schools in Mosul City, their ages were ranged between (6-16) years. Risk factors considered on caries severity included parent's income level, parent's education, visiting the dentist, types of dental treatment performed and brushing behavior. Distribution of dental caries on each side of the mouth, DMFT and the percentage of caries free students were also considered. Caries severity was measured using International Caries Detection and Assessment System. Results: These factors have an effect to increase or decrease caries severity either significantly or not significantly. Conclusion: These risk factors should be kept in mind when we decide to reduce caries severity.
Highlights
Dental caries is an infectious communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by bacteria found in dental plaque, an intra oral biofilm
The disease can result in irreversible loss of minerals and eventually extraction of the tooth, if left unchecked.[1]. Dental caries is still very important public health problem, and it remains the most common and widely spread disease affecting children, adolescents, adults as well as elderly people especially in developing countries.[2,3] Age of the individual is the strongest determinant of the caries experiences, and it has been found that the increase of caries with age should be interpreted as a result of irreversibility and accumulation naturally of dental caries
The other factor is education, children of parents at high level of education had significant lower caries level experience than those of parents at lower educational level.[13]. This has been attributed to the reason that high socioeconomic level individuals who had a higher level of education and had more knowledge about dental health, so they perform more regular dental visits for professional cleaning and other preventive measures.[14]. The relationship between oral cleanliness and caries has been widely explored, where dental caries occur only after plaque has accumulated on susceptible tooth surface in individuals who eat sugar frequently.[15]. It has been demonstrated that the development of new caries lesion can be prevented by vigorous and regular individual and professional tooth cleaning.[16]
Summary
Dental caries is an infectious communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by bacteria found in dental plaque, an intra oral biofilm. The other factor is education, children of parents at high level of education had significant lower caries level experience than those of parents at lower educational level.[13] This has been attributed to the reason that high socioeconomic level individuals who had a higher level of education and had more knowledge about dental health, so they perform more regular dental visits for professional cleaning and other preventive measures.[14] The relationship between oral cleanliness and caries has been widely explored, where dental caries occur only after plaque has accumulated on susceptible tooth surface in individuals who eat sugar frequently.[15] It has been demonstrated that the development of new caries lesion can be prevented by vigorous and regular individual and professional tooth cleaning.[16]. This study assesses the prevalence, severity of dental caries risk factors such as parents education, income level, socioeconomic status, demographic variables (such as age, gender), dental attendance....etc using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) and distribution of dental caries on the permanent teeth of students living in Mosul city center
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