Assessment of dental health check-ups in Turkey between 0-14 years of age in 2014

Year 2019, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 148 - 154, 01.06.2019

Yaşar Topal , Hatice Topal Betül Battaloğlu İnanç

https://doi.org/10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.347539

Abstract

Aim: Dental problems in children are important
health problems all over the world as well as in our country. In this study, we
aimed to determine the status of regular dental health checkups and some sociodemographic
characteristics in 0-14 year old children in Turkey

Material and Method: The study was conducted using data from the
Turkish Statistical Institute Health Study Questionnaire 2014. Within the scope
of the study, a total of 6946 individuals between 0-14 years of age were studied.
Descriptive statistics were taken first in this study, which was conducted for dental
control of children aged 0-6 and 7-14. In the second phase, the differences between
age groups according to demographic characteristics of dental health related habits
were examined.

Results: It has been determined that 82.7% of children
at the age group 0-6 and 41.7% of children at the age group 7-14 are not taken to
the dental control until this age. The proportion of those who are taken to the
dentist for control without complaints increases with age (0-6 years: 9.9%, 7-14
years: 21.9%). In both age groups, the rate of bringing children to the dentist
increases by the higher monthly income level. The rate of children, who are taken
to the healthy child follow-up, brought back to the dentist for control purposes
are also escalating.

Conclusion: Children are usually not brought to the dentist
for dental control without having dental problems. The proportion of children brought
to the dentist for routine control is as low as 1/10 of those who are taken to the
dentist at the age group of 0-6. The rate of first-time dentist visit for children
is increasing due to economic status of their families and the fact that they are
followed up by sound child monitoring.

Keywords

children, dental health screening, tooth decay

Türkiye’de 0-14 yaş grubu çocuklarda 2014 yılında diş sağlığı kontrollerinin yaptırılma durumunun değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Çocuklarda ağız-diş sağlığı ile ilişkili
sorunlar, tüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de önemli bir sağlık sorunu olarak görülmektedir.
Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de 0-14 yaş grubundaki çocuklarda düzenli diş sağlığı kontrollerinin
yaptırılma durumunu ve bazı sosyodemografik özelliklerle ilişkisini ortaya koymayı
amaçladık

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma, Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu’nun Sağlık
Araştırması Anketi 2014 yılı verileri kullanılarak yapıldı. Çalışma kapsamında 0-14
yaş arasında bulunan toplam 6946 bireye ait veriler üzerinde çalışıldı. Yaşları
0-6 ve 7-14 arasında olan çocukların diş kontrollerine yönelik olarak gerçekleştirilen
bu çalışmada ilk olarak tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analizle yapıldı. İkinci aşamada
ise diş sağlığı ile ilgili alışkanlıkların demografik özellikler ile yaş grupları
arasındaki farklılıklar incelendi.

Bulgular: Çocuklardan 0-6 yaş grubundakilerin %82,7’ünün,
7-14 yaş aralığında olanların %41,7’sinin hiç diş hekimi kontrolüne götürülmediği
saptandı. Yakınma olmadan kontrol amaçlı diş hekimine başvuru oranının yaşla birlikte
arttığı görüldü (0-6 yaş: % 9,9; 7-14 yaş: %21,9). Her iki yaş grubunda da aylık
gelirin yükselmesi ile diş hekimine başvuru oranında artış saptandı. Sağlam çocuk
izleminin yapıldığı çocuklarda, kontrol amaçlı diş hekimine başvuru oranının da
yükseldiği gözlendi.

Sonuçlar: Diş hekimine başvurular arasında rutin kontrol
amaçlı başvuranların oranı, 0-6 yaş grubundaki çocukların 1/10’u kadardı. Çocukların
ilk defa diş hekimine getirilme oranının ailelerin ekonomik durumu ve sağlam çocuk
izleminin düzenli yapılmasına bağlı olarak arttığı saptandı.

Keywords

çocuklar, diş sağlığı taraması, diş çürüğü

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