Prevalence of black stain and dental caries in children attending a university pediatric dentistry clinic in Istanbul

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 109 - 114, 01.10.2015

Serap Akyüz Aysun Garan Mustafa Sarp Kaya

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the prevalence of black stain and dental caries in Istanbul schoolchildren attending a university pediatric dentistry clinic and compare it with the literature findings from other countries. 

Methods: Presence of black stain and WHO df-t/DMF-T scores were recorded from randomly selected 325 (boys: 167, girls: 158) schoolchildren between 5 to 13 years of age who reside in Istanbul and attend Marmara University Pediatric Dentistry Clinic. 

Results: Black stain was observed in 60 children (27 boys, 33 girls). The overall percentage of children affected by black stain was 18.5%. The mean df-t, DMF-T scores for children with black stain (3.67 ± 3.25; 1.39±1.68) did not differ from children without black stain (4.29±3.48; 1.79±2) (p>0.05). Number of children with and without black stain did not differ according to DMF-T and df-t scores, gender, parental education levels and toothbrushing frequency (p>0.05).

Conclusions: The mean df-t and DMF-T scores were not statistically different between the groups with stain and without stain. Black staining and df-t, DMF-T scores were not associated with each other. The prevalence of staining in our sample was found higher than the prevalence reported from Brazil, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Philippines, India, Greece, and China but lower than those reported from Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Keywords

Black stain, dental caries, children

İstanbul’daki bir üniversite pedodonti kliniğine başvuran çocuklarda siyah dışsal renkleşme ve diş çürüğü prevalansının değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı İstanbul’da bir üniversite pedodonti kliniğine başvuran çocuklarda siyah dışsal renkleşme ve diş çürüğü prevalansının literatürdeki diğer ülkelerle karşılaştırılmasıdır. 

Yöntem: İstanbul ilinde yaşayan beş ila on üç yaş arasında diş tedavisi için Marmara Üniversitesi Pedodonti kliniğine başvuran; 325 (167 erkek, 158 kız) çocuktan oluşan çalışma grubunda siyah dışsal renkleşme varlığı ve diş çürüğü Dünya Sağlık Örgütü df-t/ DMF-T indeksiyle değerlendirildi.

Bulgular: Siyah dışsal renkleşme 60 (27 erkek, 33 kız) çocukta, grubun %18.5’inde saptandı. Ortalama df-t ve DMF-T değerleri siyah dışsal renkleşmesi olan çocuklar (3.67± 3.25;1.39±1.68) ile siyah dışsal renkleşmesi olmayan çocuklar (4.29±3.48;1.79± 2) arasında fark göstermedi (p> 0.05). Siyah dışsal renkleşmesi olan ve olmayan çocukların sayısı DMF-T ve df-t değerlerine, cinsiyete, ebeveyn eğitim seviyesine ve diş fırçalama sıklığına göre fark göstermedi (p> 0.05).

Sonuçlar: Ortalama df-t ve DMF-T değerleri, siyah dışsal renkleşmesi olan ve olmayan çocuklar arasında anlamlı fark göstermedi. Siyah dışsal renkleşme ile df-t ve DMF-T değerleri arasında anlamlı ilişki saptanmadı. Çalışmamıza dahil olan çocuklarda siyah dışsal renkleşme prevalansı literatürdeki Brezilya, İtalya, Almanya, İspanya, Polonya, Filipinler, Hindistan, Yunanistan ve Çin’deki çocuklardakinden daha yüksek, İsviçre ve Birleşik Krallık’taki çocuklardakinden daha düşük bulundu.

Keywords

Siyah dışsal renkleşme, diş çürüğü, çocuklar

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