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AI InsightConsidering that frequency of daily tooth brushing was no more than once a day, preventive treatments have an important role in oral health maintenance of disabled children, who are in the high risk group for oral health
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Abstract
Aim: To describe the demographic and oral characteristics of 93 disabled participants attending special schools in Ankara. Material and Methods: Ninety-three participants attending special schools in Ankara were included. An anonymous and structured questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, frequency of dental visits/tooth brushing, using of oral hygiene tools and oral health status was used to obtain the data. The questionnaire was implemented by the 5th grade students of the School of Dentistry. DMFT/DMFS and dmft/dmfs were calculated during the oral examination. The data were analyzed by age, sex and educational status, oral health status/habits using frequency distribution, ANOVA, t- test, chi-square test, fisher’s exact test. P value was set at 0.05 Results: A total of 93 participants comprising 42 girls (45.2%) and 51 boys (54.8%) with mean age was 12.92 years attended in this study. 71.0% of the participants reported to brush their teeth at least once a day. There were no significant differences in respect to frequency of tooth brushing and dental visit, eat a snack and skip meals (p=0.724, p=0.273, p=0.357, p=0.365, respectively) by sex. However there was a significant relationship between the age and DMFS, dmft ve dmft scores (p=0.025, p=0.003, p=0.022, respectively). These scores increased with the increased age. Conclusion: The increase in DMFS was found to be significant (p = 0.025) while the increase in DMFT was not found to be significant (p = 0.111). Considering that frequency of daily tooth brushing was no more than once a day, preventive treatments have an important role in oral health maintenance of disabled children, who are in the high risk group for oral health
Özet
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Ankara'da bulunan engelli okullarına devam etmekte olan 93 engelli öğrencinin demografik özelliklerini, ağız diş sağlığı durumunu ve ağız sağlığı alışkanlıklarını ortaya koymaktır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya, Ankara'da engelliler okullarına devam eden 93 engelli öğrenci dahil edilmiştir. Veri elde etmek amacıyla ağız içi muayenenin yanısıra daha önce denenmiş ve kişisel bilgileri içermeyen bir anket formu veri elde etmek amacıyla kullanılmıştır. Anket, diş hekimliği fakültesinde son sınıfta okuyan öğrenciler tarafından yapılmıştır. Anketteki sorular, öğrencilerin sosyo - demografik özelliklerini, diş hekimine gitme sıklığını, oral hijyen araçlarının kullanımını, ve ağız sağlığı esnasında hesaplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde, sıklık dağılımının yanı sıra, ANOVA, t- tesi, Ki-kare ve Fisher's Exact Test kullanılmıştır. P