The epidemic tendency of dental caries of school students over the past 15 years in China was analyzed in order to provide bases for prevention of dental caries.Data sets of boys and girls at the age of 7,9,12 years(d...The epidemic tendency of dental caries of school students over the past 15 years in China was analyzed in order to provide bases for prevention of dental caries.Data sets of boys and girls at the age of 7,9,12 years(deciduous caries)and 7,9,12,14,17 years(permanent caries)were collected from the series of Chinese National Surveillance on Students' Constitution and Health(CNSSCH)between 1991 to 2005,a survey that covers 30 provinces of and autonomous regions of China,with Tibet Autonomous Region and Taiwan Province excluded owing to unavailability of related data.According to their socioeconomic status,three urban regions and three rural regions(province capital must be included)were selected in each province,where its socioeconomic status and sports exercise can represent the general level of the locality.All subjects were Han students.Prevalence of deciduous and permanent caries was measured.In 2005,the prevalence of deciduous caries at 7,9,12 years was 52.87%,52.04% and 9.80% in urban boys,59.37%,58.68% and 12.18% in rural boys,and that of permanent caries in boys at 7,9,12,14,and 17 years was 2.35%,5.63%,13.94%,19.05% and 21.29% in urban boys,3.42%,7.26%,13.35%,16.16%,18.55% in rural boys,while in girls at the same age groups,the prevalence of deciduous caries was 53.53%,49.48%,7.92% in urban girls,59.95%,56.13%,8.85% in rural girls;the prevalence of permanent caries was 3.61%,8.99%,19.32%,24.75%,28.62% in urban girls,and 3.47%,10.65%,17.66%,22.52%,24.27% in rural girls.The epidemic manifested a gradient distribution in age groups,which was closely related to region of the study population.A dramatic decreasing trend was witnessed among all sex-age subgroups in the rural groups between 1990 and 2005,and such a trend was stronger in deciduous caries than in permanent caries,however,this kind of decreasing trend was not steady,because there was bounce during some year.Although the morbidity of dental caries in China is lower than the standard set by the World Health Organization,and the prevalence of dental caries decreased from 1991 to 2005,the prospect of epidemic dental caries in China is in no way optimistic.The total population with dental caries is still very large and the prevalence decreased unstably.Therefore,financial support on school oral health care should be increased,and a national school oral health service network should be set up.展开更多
Obesity and dental caries are increasing epidemics,especially among children and adolescents.This epidemiological observational cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the possible association between body mass ...Obesity and dental caries are increasing epidemics,especially among children and adolescents.This epidemiological observational cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the possible association between body mass index(BMI) and dental caries among 111,792 school children and adolescents in Jiangsu Province.We found that 13.14% participants of the study sample were overweight,and 7.37% were obese.The prevalence of dental caries was 12.95% in overweight and 7.89% in obese students.There were significant differences in caries prevalence by sex,region,age group,and BMI.Overweight and obesity statuses were associated with dental caries among the study population.BMI and dental caries present a continuous health problem.Thus,we recommend that oral health promotion be used for caries prevention and control.展开更多
Objective To analyse the relationship between children urine fluoride level,time of water supply improvement and detection rate of dental caries in fluorosis areas after water supply improvement.Methods The
文摘The epidemic tendency of dental caries of school students over the past 15 years in China was analyzed in order to provide bases for prevention of dental caries.Data sets of boys and girls at the age of 7,9,12 years(deciduous caries)and 7,9,12,14,17 years(permanent caries)were collected from the series of Chinese National Surveillance on Students' Constitution and Health(CNSSCH)between 1991 to 2005,a survey that covers 30 provinces of and autonomous regions of China,with Tibet Autonomous Region and Taiwan Province excluded owing to unavailability of related data.According to their socioeconomic status,three urban regions and three rural regions(province capital must be included)were selected in each province,where its socioeconomic status and sports exercise can represent the general level of the locality.All subjects were Han students.Prevalence of deciduous and permanent caries was measured.In 2005,the prevalence of deciduous caries at 7,9,12 years was 52.87%,52.04% and 9.80% in urban boys,59.37%,58.68% and 12.18% in rural boys,and that of permanent caries in boys at 7,9,12,14,and 17 years was 2.35%,5.63%,13.94%,19.05% and 21.29% in urban boys,3.42%,7.26%,13.35%,16.16%,18.55% in rural boys,while in girls at the same age groups,the prevalence of deciduous caries was 53.53%,49.48%,7.92% in urban girls,59.95%,56.13%,8.85% in rural girls;the prevalence of permanent caries was 3.61%,8.99%,19.32%,24.75%,28.62% in urban girls,and 3.47%,10.65%,17.66%,22.52%,24.27% in rural girls.The epidemic manifested a gradient distribution in age groups,which was closely related to region of the study population.A dramatic decreasing trend was witnessed among all sex-age subgroups in the rural groups between 1990 and 2005,and such a trend was stronger in deciduous caries than in permanent caries,however,this kind of decreasing trend was not steady,because there was bounce during some year.Although the morbidity of dental caries in China is lower than the standard set by the World Health Organization,and the prevalence of dental caries decreased from 1991 to 2005,the prospect of epidemic dental caries in China is in no way optimistic.The total population with dental caries is still very large and the prevalence decreased unstably.Therefore,financial support on school oral health care should be increased,and a national school oral health service network should be set up.
基金fully supported by a Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Foundation Grant(13TYA001)major Projects in the Nanjing Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission Program during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Period(ZDX16020)
文摘Obesity and dental caries are increasing epidemics,especially among children and adolescents.This epidemiological observational cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the possible association between body mass index(BMI) and dental caries among 111,792 school children and adolescents in Jiangsu Province.We found that 13.14% participants of the study sample were overweight,and 7.37% were obese.The prevalence of dental caries was 12.95% in overweight and 7.89% in obese students.There were significant differences in caries prevalence by sex,region,age group,and BMI.Overweight and obesity statuses were associated with dental caries among the study population.BMI and dental caries present a continuous health problem.Thus,we recommend that oral health promotion be used for caries prevention and control.
文摘Objective To analyse the relationship between children urine fluoride level,time of water supply improvement and detection rate of dental caries in fluorosis areas after water supply improvement.Methods The
