Dental caries survey in 1 ~6 year old children of 1 5 minority groups in Yunnan Province
TANG Hong-ping
YANG Fa-bin
YANG Yan-huai
LIU Jin-tao
WANG Xing-tian
Abstract：AIM:To investigate deciduous dental caries prevalence in 1 -6 year old children of 15 minority groups in Yunnan province.METHODS:Cluster random sampling and typical investigation were used in this study. Oral examination was conducted to detect dental caries.SPSS 19 software was used to analyze the data.RESULTS:The overall dental caries rate in the 15 minority groups was 29.6%.DMFT was 1.68.The children of Lisu nationality had the highest dental caries rate (50.3%),followed by those of Pumi (48.3%),Lahu children showed the lowest (13.4%).In different regions,Yuxi region had the highest deciduous dental caries rate (56.1%),while Pu'er had the lowest (13.4%).Age,nutritional status,body development,eating habits,economic development level were in-fluencing factors of deciduous dental caries.CONCLUSION:Deciduous caries prevalence rate in 1 -6 year old chil-dren of 15 minority groups in Yunnan province varies among different minorities and regions.
Keywords：ethnicpreschool childrenprevalence of dental cariesepidemiologysurvey
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：4( 411-414 )