بررسي وضعيت سلامت دهان و دندان دانش آموزان پايه سوم ابتدايي شهر گناباد در سال 1386

The survey of oral-dental health of grade 3 students of Gonabad primary schools in 2007

Background and Aim: HealIh fulfillment is based on all effective factors that fulfill it. One of the II slogans of21" century is oral-dental healIh and it was one ofIhe PHC items before. DMFT is a very simple, fast and reliable index in determining oral-dental healIh. Grade 3 students of primary school are between deciduous and permanent form dental growIh point of view that mixed teeth are observed in Ihis period that make DMFT possible. This study was done to determine oral-dental healIh status of students with the help of DMFT index in Gonabad city. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-cross sectional study, all grade 3 students of primary schools (529 students) were checked for oral-dental healIh statues and interviewed by a dentist. The used instruments were a checklist, DMFT index, questionnaire, once used mirror a special catather. Data were analyzed by SPSS wiIh T-test, correlative coefficient and variation analyses were analyzed. Results: 51.2% of the samples were male and 49.8% female. 77.3% used tooth-brush and 8.32% used from dental floss. DMFT of students in research was 3.86±1.l1 and DMFT was 1.04±0.22 Ihat showed no meaningful difference in two semis (p=O.18, p=O.12). The students that had no caries free tooth were 8.3%. One sided variation analysis showed a meaningful relationship between brushing frequencies with the index. Family size and education had a meaningful relationship wiIh DMFT. Conclusion: The results showed that oral-dental healIh statues of grade 3 students of Gonabad primary school follow the country model and it is fairly well and CF has no meaningful difference wiIh national index but it is average in accordance with WHO goal. Programmed efforts for KAP improvement and using need resources, administration evaluation, costs efficacy of some measures such as fluoride Iherapy, etc seems necessary.