Prevalence of Dental Carries and Their Associated Risk Factors in Tertiary Care Hospital
Farzeen Khan, Zia Ul Ain Sabiha, Junaid Ahmed, Sajida Gul, Amina Ajmal, Abdul Ahad Khurshid
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ABSTRACT
Background: Oral health is an important part of overall health and
wellbeing. Among different oral disorders, dental caries seems to afflict a
vast number of people throughout the world, especially in developing countries
like Pakistan. The aim of our study
was to assess the prevalence of dental carries and their associated risk
factors in tertiary care hospital
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out at the Dentil
unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar for duration of one year from
January, 2021 to December, 2021. All the
factors associated with the dental carries were documented on a pre-designed
Performa. Data analysis was carried out by using IBM SPSS version 24.
Results: In this study, 300 subjects were included. There were
174 (58%) males and females were 126 (42%). The prevalence of dental carries in
our subjects was 53%. In this study, 261 (87%) subjects were observed to clean
their teeth. Majority of the subjects 180 (60%) clean their teeth daily. The
majority of the participants 225 (75%) use tooth brush for cleaning teeth.
Sweets were consumed once a day by 210 (70%) participants. Most of the subjects
(92%) did not clean their teeth after consuming sweets. Consumption of
carbonated drink was observed in 180 (60%) subjects. In our study, 270 (90%) of
the subjects have decayed teeth with mean Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT)
score of 3.59.
Conclusion: Our study concludes that dental carries is highly
prevalent in our population. Poor oral hygiene practices were observed in
our study. Most of the participants were observed to clean their
teeth just once a day. Poor dietary habit like high use of carbonated drinks
was also observed in our study.
Keywords: Prevalence; Dental carries; Risk factors, Khyber
Pakhtoonkhwa
ABSTRACT
Background: Oral health is an important part of overall health and
wellbeing. Among different oral disorders, dental caries seems to afflict a
vast number of people throughout the world, especially in developing countries
like Pakistan. The aim of our study
was to assess the prevalence of dental carries and their associated risk
factors in tertiary care hospital
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out at the Dentil
unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar for duration of one year from
January, 2021 to December, 2021. All the
factors associated with the dental carries were documented on a pre-designed
Performa. Data analysis was carried out by using IBM SPSS version 24.
Results: In this study, 300 subjects were included. There were
174 (58%) males and females were 126 (42%). The prevalence of dental carries in
our subjects was 53%. In this study, 261 (87%) subjects were observed to clean
their teeth. Majority of the subjects 180 (60%) clean their teeth daily. The
majority of the participants 225 (75%) use tooth brush for cleaning teeth.
Sweets were consumed once a day by 210 (70%) participants. Most of the subjects
(92%) did not clean their teeth after consuming sweets. Consumption of
carbonated drink was observed in 180 (60%) subjects. In our study, 270 (90%) of
the subjects have decayed teeth with mean Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT)
score of 3.59.
Conclusion: Our study concludes that dental carries is highly
prevalent in our population. Poor oral hygiene practices were observed in
our study. Most of the participants were observed to clean their
teeth just once a day. Poor dietary habit like high use of carbonated drinks
was also observed in our study.
Keywords: Prevalence; Dental carries; Risk factors, Khyber
Pakhtoonkhwa