Samantha R White, Michael W Preston, Kyra Swanson, Mark Laubach
Learning to Choose: Behavioral Dynamics Underlying the Initial Acquisition of Decision-Making
eNeuro
study aimed determining changes dental caries experience elementary schoolage children following 5 years students oral health promotion program implementation present study totally 2920 elementary school students participated selected multistage cluster sampling based oral health survey methods manual 4th edition dental caries indices primary permanent teeth assessed clinical examination schools data sociodemographic characteristics dental factors collected interviews based questionnaire logistic linear regression used data analysis mean sd age elementary school children 945 171 years 1481 507 boys significant difference genders age dental pain experience students parent supervision dmft dmft caries status 1year increase age 167 times increase dmft 033 decrease dmft predicted girls higher odds dmft contrast odds dmft girls significantly lower compared boys students dental pain experience significantly higher odds dmft dmft significant caries index sic score permanent dentition 12yearold children 547 sex significantly correlated sic index odds developing sic 098 times lower girls boys dental caries identified major public health problem among elementary school students despite implementation national project oral health promotion