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Distribution Of Dental Caries Among Primary School ChildrenIn Al-Mukalla Area - Yemen | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-63 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abbas A. Al-Dujaily; Hameed S. Hassar; Ahmed M. Al-Haddad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This cross-sectional study is canied out to identify the distribution of dental caries among400 primary school children of 12 years age in Al-Mukalla area in Yemen.It was foundthat 198 (495%) out of 400 school children have dental caries; of those affected children5L5% were males, and 48.5% were females. Dental caries was found to occur more inpermanent teeth (76.6%) and distributed mostly in the lower jaw (54%). It is moredistributed in urban areas where the affected seen to represent 53o/o, whereas in the ruralareas it was 38%. In comparison, the distribution of dental caries (among the affected) inprivate schools (57o/o) is more than that in governmental schools (47%), and the childrenliving in areas receive their water supply from Al-Ghail, Source 1, are affected (53.6%)more than those living in areas supplied from Al-Taweela, Source 2, (42.7%). Finallydental caries causes missing of the teeth in 8% of children | ||
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