Longitudinal Study of Dental Caries Increment in Malaysian School Children: A 5-Year Cohort Study

The aim of this 5-year longitudinal cohort study was to assess the prevalence, severity, and trends in caries increment and impact of the School Dental Incremental Care Programme (SDICP). Data were gathered from school dental records as part of the SDICP. A sample of 1830 children were included and...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific journal of public health 2014-05, Vol.26 (3), p.260-267
Main Authors: Masood, Mohd, Yusof, Norashikin, Hassan, Mohamed I. A., Jaafar, Nasaruddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Caries - prevention & control
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Malaysia - epidemiology
Male
Prevalence
Program Evaluation
School Dentistry
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
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Summary:The aim of this 5-year longitudinal cohort study was to assess the prevalence, severity, and trends in caries increment and impact of the School Dental Incremental Care Programme (SDICP). Data were gathered from school dental records as part of the SDICP. A sample of 1830 children were included and checked for caries experience annually using World Health Organization criteria. In total, 95.4% of the children were caries free in 2004, and caries experience declined to 70.5% in 2009 with an average of 4.9% annually. At baseline, the mean DMFT (confidence interval [CI]) was 0.06 (0.05-0.08) and increased to 0.58 (0.53-0.63) in 2009. Children with active caries were 4.4% in 2004, and figures rose to 9.6% in 2009. The FT component increased most rapidly during these 5 years from 0.2% to 25.1%. Overall caries prevalence and increment was low in this study. Proportions of FT component were higher as compared with DT component with low rate of extractions during the latter years of the study.
ISSN:1010-5395
1941-2479
DOI:10.1177/1010539511420704