Children's dental healthcare quality using several outcome measures

: Marja-Leena Mattila, Päivi Rautava, Päivi Paunio, Ansa Ojanlatva, Liisa Hyssälä, Hans Helenius, Matti Sillanpää

Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS

: 2002

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

: ACTA ODONTOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

: ACTA ODONTOL SCAND

: 60

: 2

: 113

: 116

: 4

: 0001-6357

: 1502-3850

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/000163502753509527

The aim Of this study was to measure the quality of children's dental healthcare from the oral health records of 10-year-olds and from the numbers of children in Rick groups. The focus was on dental healthcare and markers of dental records. A representative sample of women expecting their first Chad was selected in southwestern Finland. Children's dental health, dmft/DMFT = 0, was recorded in 45% of cases with a mean DMFT index of 0.5, and dmft/DMFT greater than or equal to 5 in 15% of the children. Late-appearing caries (caries-free at the age of 5 years but caries-existing thereafter) was present in 31% (258/828) of the children. The focus on restorative dental healthcare was appropriate. The use of sweets was documented in 23% of cases and tooth-brushing in 28%. A total of 26% of the children had gingivitis in every segment. The study illustrates that only one of the targets has been My reached.

children's caries, children's dental health, health counseling, health education, quality of dental healthcare