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Oral health of children in Southern Sudan
Author(s) -
Dowty Alison M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1982.tb00368.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gingivitis , periodontal disease , dentistry , demography , age groups , pediatrics , sociology
426 4–17‐year‐old children (89% males) from the Jonglei Province and 50 12‐and 15, year‐old children from Juba town in Southern Sudan were examined according to WHO criteria (9). The prevalence of calculus and intense gingivitis was high, and highest at ages 8 and 9 years. 8% of 15‐year‐old children had advanced periodontal disease but this was confined to the anterior mandibular region. Caries prevalence was very low, but much higher in Juba town (36% at both age 12 and age 15 years) than in the Jonglei Province children (4% at 12 years and 8% at 15 years of age). The pastoral, isolated existence of the inhabitants of the Jonglei Province is likely to change with the completion of the Jonglei canal.