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The oral and dental health status among people in Sharkhan village | ||
| Al-Rafidain Dental Journal | ||
| Article 11, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 166-173 PDF (1.73 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rden.2020.166044 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mutaz G ALI; Talal H AL-SALMAN; Nawfal A ZAKARIA | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A survey of (213) subjects from Sharkhan village near Mosul city was involved by questioner to evaluate the methods used to maintain the oral and dental health and involved also a clinical examination for the sample to evaluate the incidence of dental carries according to G.V Black classification. The study showed that only (1.66%) of Sample were visit the dentist regularly, (53.33%) were visit the dentist on need only and (45.01%) never visit the dentist. A bout the methods used to maintain the oral hygiene, the questioner showed that (61.92%) of sample never used tooth brush, (15%) used the brush regularly, while (23.08%) brushing there teeth intermittently. The questionnaire explained that (28.43%) using mouth wash, (4.68%) using dental floss, (109) using picks and only (3.84%) using wood stick (Miswak). The examination showed that tooth (23.27%) of sample having (1-3) carious teeth, (34.06%) having (46) carious teeth and this mean that (3.16% 0 of sample were caries free. The pits and fissures caries was the type of highest percentage (67.06%) followed by proximal caries (22.8%) and other types of classification were less. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Oral Health; dental status; caries incidence | ||
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