Deciduous teeth caries status and impact factors in 3-6 year old children in Tangshan city
LI Yan
WANG Lin
DONG Qing
CHEN Hong-wei
Abstract：AIM:To investigate the deciduous caries and related factors in 3 to 6 year old children in Tang-shan city.METHODS:Based on the Third National Oral Health Investigation,500 children aged from 3 to 6 years old were included in this investigation.469 effectively answered questionnaires were analysed by Epidata3.1 software and SPSS17.0 software.RESULTS:The prevalence of deciduous caries of all samples was 67.80%,the mean dmft value was 4.80 ±4.56,there was no statistical difference of gender.The results of single factor analysis showed that the factors related to deciduous teeth caries were as follows:eating snack before sleeping at night,liking to eat sweet and sticky food,eating frequency,never brushing teeth or brushing teeth for less than 1 min in a while,parents who oc-casionally help or did not help children in teeth brushing (P<0.05).The results of multifactor analysis showed that the risk factors of deciduous teeth caries included eating snack before sleeping and no brushing teeth at night,the time of brushing teeth less than 1 minute.CONCLUSION:The prevalence of deciduous caries in early childhood in Tangshan city is high.The related risk factors of deciduous teeth caries include bad eating habits and poor oral hygiene behavior.
Keywords：deciduous teethdental cariesprevalenceassociated factors
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 354-356 )