title: [Oral hygiene habits and dental caries among students. Investigation of 150 students in university housing in Dakar, Senegal].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département Odonto-stomatologie Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Dakar.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Toure
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cisse
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: 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