Nanna Jürgensen|Poul Erik Petersen
Oral health and the impact of socio-behavioural factors in a cross sectional survey of 12-year old school children in Laos
University of Copenhagen|University of Copenhagen
recent decades lowincome countries experienced increasing trend dental caries among children particularly recorded 12year olds principal indicator age group children increases risks negative affects childrens life data exist oral health status children lowincome countries southeast asia however information oral health associated sociobehavioural factors almost available aims study assess level oral health lao 12yearolds urban semiurban settings study impact poor oral health quality life analyse association oral health sociobehavioural factors investigate relation obesity oral healtha cross sectional study 12year old schoolchildren chosen multistage random sampling vientiane lao pdr hereafter laos final study population comprised 621 children study consisted clinical registration caries periodontal status scores dental trauma according structured questionnaire measurement anthropometric data frequency distributions bivariate analysis logistic regression multivariate analysis used assessment statistical association variablesmean dmft 18 sem 009 caries prevalence 56 ci95 5260 prevalence gingival bleeding 99 ci95 98100 47 ci95 4549 present teeth affected trauma observed 7 ci95 59 children high decay seen children dental visits frequent consumption sweet drinks missed school classes tooth ache several impairments daily life activities associated high ddcomponent associations found body mass index bmi oral health common risk factors multivariate analyses revealed high risk caries children low moderate attitude towards health history dental visits preference drinking sugary drinks school hours low risk found children good average perception oral health high risk gingival bleeding seen semiurban children boysalthough caries level low causes considerable negative impact daily life school based health promotion implemented focussing skills based learning attitudes towards health