[Oral hygiene habits and dental caries among students. Investigation of 150 students in university housing in Dakar, Senegal].
The objective of this study is to describe the oral hygiene habits and the status of the teeth decay of 150 senegalese students living in a university campus. The results showed that the toothbrush as mean of oral hygiene supplanted the traditional means such as "cure dents" or water rinse with finger. Results showed also a high rate decay (60%) but the CAO index remained low (2.04%). We founded an improvement of dental decay status with an increasing daily number of tooth brushing: we noted a decreasing dental plaque deposition rate, a decreasing decay rate and a CAO index remaining low until adult age.
Kane
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Département Odonto-stomatologie Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Dakar.
Faye
B
B
Toure
B
B
Sarr
M
M
Cisse
D
D
Diop
O
O
Diallo
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000150:complications; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012307:Risk Factors; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data