Oral Health Status and Associated Factors in a Subpopulation of Turkish Patients
Abstract
Objectives: Understanding the oral health behavior and knowing oral health status of a community in order to facilitate the development of satisfactory dental public health preventive program. In this context, the purpose of this study is to investigate oral health behaviour of Turkish community who live in Usak province besides and to evaluate CPITN and DMFT index scores according to age, gender and education level.
Materials and Methods: A face to face questionnaire was conducted for 2412 subjects who were divided into six age groups to understand their oral health behavior. Periodontal measurements, and dental caries were applied by three calibrated expert researchers for all teeth except the third molar.
Results: Healthy periodontal tissue only existed in 153 (10.05%) individuals of 1521 dentate participants. The mean DMFT value observed was 16.98±6.62. By aging, being male and having low education level, mean DMFT and CPITN scores showed an upward trend. 10.26% of the participants informed that they did not brush their teeth and 92.55% of them stated that they did not floss their teeth. Most of the participants (83.25%) informed that they visited a dental clinic only in emergency and pain.
Conclusions: The mean DMFT and CPITN scores increase in accordance with aging, low education and being male. Low flossing frequency, low prevalence of tooth brushing and low frequency of going to the dentist regularly were observed at the end of the study.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Fatih Karaaslan
*
0000-0002-9899-3316
Türkiye
Ahu Dikilitaş
0000-0003-4130-2526
Türkiye
Umut Yiğit
0000-0001-8080-2932
Türkiye
Publication Date
May 31, 2019
Submission Date
January 18, 2019
Acceptance Date
April 10, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 22 Number: 2
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