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Distribution of Dental Caries among Primary School Children in Al-Mukalla Area – Yemen | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 122, 2016, Pages 6-11 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abbas A. Al-Dujaily; Hameed S. Hassan; Ahmed M. Al-Haddad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This cross-sectional study is carried out to identify the distribution of dental caries among 400primary school children of 12 years age in Al-Mukalla area in Yemen.It was found that 198 (49.5%) out of 400 school children have dental caries; of those affected children51.5% were males, and 48.5% were females. Dental caries was found to occur more in permanentteeth (76.6%) and distributed mostly in the lower jaw (54%). It is more distributed in urban areaswhere the affected seen to represent 53%, whereas in the rural areas it was 38%. In comparison, thedistribution of dental caries (among the affected) in private schools (57%) is more than that ingovernmental schools (47%), and the children living in areas receive their water supply fromAl-Ghail, Source 1, are affected (53.6%) more than those living in areas supplied from Al-Taweela,Source 2, (42.7%). Finally dental caries causes missing of the teeth in 8% of children. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Distribution of Dental Caries among Primary School Children in Al; Mukalla Area | ||
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