Disparities in oral health of children in Tehran, Iran

This was to investigate the association between parents' educational level and oral health of Iranian primary school children. Data came from the voluntary clinical examination in 2005 of a random sample of 459 third-year primary school children in the 16 schools in Tehran, together with a self...

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Published in:European archives of paediatric dentistry 2006-12, Vol.7 (4), p.262-264
Main Authors: Saied-Moallemi, Z, Virtanen, J I, Tehranchi, A, Murtomaa, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Children
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Health Surveys
Education
Educational Status
Female
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Oral Health
Oral Hygiene
Parents
Parents & parenting
Population Surveillance
Sex Factors
Sextants
Socioeconomic Factors
Teeth
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Summary:This was to investigate the association between parents' educational level and oral health of Iranian primary school children. Data came from the voluntary clinical examination in 2005 of a random sample of 459 third-year primary school children in the 16 schools in Tehran, together with a self-administered questionnaire regarding information on the educational level of the parents. The study used the dmft/DMFT values for dental status, and the CPI, and PI to assess periodontal condition. One-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used. The mean dmft value was 4.2 (SD+2.9) in boys and 3.4 (SD+2.6) in girls for the whole study group. The children of the low education parents had more dental caries than those of high education parents in both primary (p
ISSN:1818-6300
1996-9805
DOI:10.1007/BF03262563