Severity and prevalence of caries experience in Najaf City

H. Khamis, Muhsin; Al-Huwaizi, Raed

	Severity and prevalence of caries experience in Najaf City
Journal of baghdad college of dentistry
Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-132
Authors
Muhsin H. Khamis; Raed Al-Huwaizi
Abstract
ABSTRACTBackground: Dental caries is the most prevalent oral disease among children and young adults and is the mostcommon single chronic childhood disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate the severity and prevalence ofcaries experience in Najaf city.Materials and Methods: Data was collected from children in the third grade at the age of (13-16 years) in severalsecondary schools which were selected randomly from different areas of the city (three schools for boys and threefor girls), and from college students at the age of (20-23 years) in several colleges from the university of Kufa in theNajaf city. Diagnosis of a carious lesion is principally based on clinical inspection and probing, Recording of dentalcaries was by the application of the decayed, Missing and filled Index (DMFT and DMFs) for the permanent teeth.Results: The mean of total sample of age 15 years of the DMFT was 3.798 (3.43 for the males and 4.166 for thefemales). For the DMFS 4.662 for the males and 5.781 for the females For the sample of age of 21 years the DMFT was7.447 for the males and 7.418 for the females. The DMFs showed a mean of 10.593 for the males and 10.766 for thefemales.Conclusion: There is an increase in caries prevalence and severity with time as compared to previous Iraqi studies.Key words: Severity, prevalence of caries experience. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2010;22(2):129-132).

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