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Dental erosion among children aged 3‐6 years and its associated indicators
Author(s) -
Tao DanYing,
Hao Gu,
Lu HaiXia,
Tian Yu,
Feng XiPing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/jphd.12098
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , cluster sampling , stratified sampling , habit , demography , residence , environmental health , logistic regression , oral health , dentistry , population , psychology , pathology , sociology , psychotherapist
Abstract Objectives To analyze the status quo of dental erosion in 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children in S hanghai. Methods A stratified, cluster, multistage random sampling methods was applied to 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children in S hanghai in 2012. Both questionnaire and clinical oral examination were performed in the survey. The questionnaire included general information, such as age, gender, parental education, dietary habit, oral health behavior, general medical health, and socioeconomic status. The clinical examination focused on the eroded tooth surface and dental erosion extent. SPSS v19.0 software package was utilized for statistical analysis. Results A total of 1,837 children aged 3‐6 years were randomly selected in S hanghai. The overall dental erosion prevalence was 15.1 percent. Among different age groups, a relatively high prevalence of 17.1 percent was found in the 4‐year‐old group, and a relatively low prevalence of 12.0 percent was observed in the 3‐year‐old group. Surprisingly, there was no significant difference among the four age groups. The occurrence of dental erosion was influenced by habits of vinegar/coffee/tea consumption, mother's educational background, birthplace, and regurgitation ( P < 0.05). Conclusion The dental erosion prevalence in 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children in S hanghai appears to be close to that of other C hinese provinces as well as that observed in most of surveys carried out in different parts of the world. Efforts should be made to raise public awareness about the disease. Moreover, further studies targeted to explore the relationship between dental erosion and risk factors are needed. It is also necessary to establish a unified diagnostic standard for future epidemiological investigations.