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The Pattern of Dental Care Utilization Among Saudi School Children

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Pedodontics

Abstract

Purpose: The current study was established to evaluate the utilization and determine types of dental services provided to Saudi school children. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed at Al Riyadh city, a sample of 5050 Saudi children of both genders with age range 6 - 9 years old was included. Dental caries was recorded according to WHO diagnostic criteria. Decayed, filled and missed teeth due to caries were recorded using dmft index, existing stainless-steel crowns and fissure sealants were recorded. Results: The prevalence of dental caries was 74.9% with caries experience of 3.22 ± 3.25 & 26.1% of the participants had pit and fissure sealant and 22.8% had stainless-steel crown. The care index was 37.4% for all children (34.7% for male and 38.6% for female), the restorative index was 44.2% (41.4% for male and 45.4% for female), the unmet treatment need index was 55.8% (58.6% for male and 54.6% for female). Conclusion: caries prevalence and severity were decreased significantly compared to previous studies but still higher than the target established by the WHO. The utilization of dental care still less than average especially among governmental school children. 

DOI

10.21608/adjg.2021.60122.1337

Keywords

utilization, Dental Care, Saudi Arabia, children

Authors

First Name

Rabaa

Last Name

Aboubakr

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Associate Professor of Dental Public Health and Preventive Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Egypt.

Email

rabaa4444mahmoud@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Wahdan

Last Name

Elkwatehy

MiddleName

M.A.

Affiliation

Associate Professor of Dental Public Health and Preventive Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Egypt.

Email

wahdanelkwatehy@yahoo.com

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Volume

8

Article Issue

3-C

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26832

Issue Date

2021-07-01

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2021-01-30

Publish Date

2021-07-01

Page Start

507

Page End

515

Print ISSN

2537-0308

Online ISSN

2537-0316

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Original Article

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488

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Journal

Publication Title

Al-Azhar Dental Journal for Girls

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https://adjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Pattern of Dental Care Utilization Among Saudi School Children

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Created At

22 Jan 2023