Abstract
This cross sectional study on oral condition among school going children in Sylhet city was conducted at Osmani Medical High School, Dorgah Gate, Sylhet, Bangladesh. This study was carried out on 8th October, 2019 among 208 students, mostly 12 years aged studying in Class VI. The main objective of the study was to assess the oral health condition of school going children through decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) status. Data was collected by personal interview and clinical examination of the respondents. Among 208 children, 96 (46.2%) were boys and 112 (53.8%) were girls. Among all, 63 (30.3%) respondents brush their teeth once daily while 137 (65.9 %) respondents brush twice a day, and 8 (3.8 %) of them brush their teeth more than twice daily. Fluoride containing toothpaste is used by 73 (35.1 %) students, 112 (53.8 %) students did not know whether their toothpaste contain fluoride or not, and 23 (11.1 %) students do not use fluoride. Among all respondents, 125(60.09 %) did not have any decayed tooth, while 83(39.90 %) had tooth decay, and 20(9.6 %) had their teeth filled. Normal gingival condition was found in 185 (88.94 %) subjects, but 23(11.06 %) of them had red or swollen gingiva. The mean DMFT of the study population was 1.19 which is considered as “low” according to “WHO quantification for the DMFT index”.
 Update Dent. Coll. j: 2021; 11 (1): 4-6
Highlights
12 This study focus on collecting data on the teeth cleaning pattern and the materials used for that purpose along with data on DMFT index and gingival condition to assess the oral health status of the participators
This study found more than 53.1 % of the participant students were having either decayed or filled or missing teeth due to caries, which is bellow 90% found in school going children in Asian countries documented in The world oral health report 2003.7 Almost all students (95.19 %) use toothpaste as their teeth cleaning aid, which is similar, more than 90%, found among Malaysian adults aged 15 years
Mean DMFT found in this study was 1.19 which is considered as “Low” according to the quantification of the severity of dental caries defined by WHO parameters, 1986
Summary
This study focus on collecting data on the teeth cleaning pattern and the materials used for that purpose along with data on DMFT index and gingival condition to assess the oral health status of the participators. Table-2 shows, 198 (95.19 %) of the respondents use tooth paste as their teeth cleaning material, but a large number of the students, 112 (53.8 %) don’t know whether their teeth cleaning material contain
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