Ryan McSorley
Multi-nutrients and periodontal disease - a new adjunct to improving treatment outcomes? A randomised placebo-control clinical trial
Evidence-based dentistry
dental caries among iranian elementary school children aged 612 years continue rise estimate treatment needs guide health initiatives current epidemiologic data required data currently unavailable dental health purpose study assess caries experience dental plaque associated factors elementary schoolaged children iran crosssectional study 988 elementary school children aged 712 years selected multistage cluster sampling dental caries studied using criteria dental plaque examined according oleary index data parental education occupation living district dental pain within past year tooth brushing habits parental supervision collected interviews based questionnaire data analyzed descriptive statistics logistic linear regression mean sd age elementary school children 964 173 years highest dmft seen elementary school children aged 78 years 653 437 highest dmft dental plaque 12 year olds recorded 117 177 5197 2586 respectively proportion decayed teeth 7 years old elementary school based dmft index 8036 moreover proportion 12 years old elementary school 4017 based dmft index age gender dental pain within past year significantly associated dmft dmft odds developing dental caries dmft 170 times higher girls boys p 0001 172 times higher students reported dental pain frequently p 0005 chance developing dental caries dmft 047 times lower girls boys p 0001 age significantly correlated dental plaque plaque index increased 244 times per one year increase age p 0001 results indicated dental caries experience plaque formation among elementary school children hamadan high influenced sociodemographic factors associations found used helpful guide planning accurate preventive programs elementary school children region