ArticleAfrican health sciences2017
Dental caries experience and treatment needs of an adult female population in Nigeria.
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- Prevalence of dental caries in the primary, mixed and permanent dentitions in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
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- Oral Health Among the Elderly: A Cross Sectional study of the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Evaluating Oral Health Status in Incarcerated Women: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Methods of Primary Clinical Prevention of Dental Caries in the Adult Patient: An Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Dental Caries and Associated Risk Indicators among Married Saudi Women.European journal of dentistry · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents: Evidence from Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2020Article
- Sexuality, mother-child health and infectious diseases.African health sciences · 2017Article
- Pattern and Severity of Dental Caries among Adults in an Urban Population in Northwest Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
- Prevention of Dental Caries in Nigeria: A Narrative Review of Strategies and Recommendations from 1999 to 2019.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
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Abstract
backgroundExperience and awareness of adult females concerning dental caries is important in its prevention particularly in children because of their natural role as care givers.
objectivesTo determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in an adult female Nigerian population.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, adult females attending outreach programmes were examined for dental caries using the Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth caries index (DMFT). Socio-demographic variables were also recorded and statistical analysis done with SPSS software.
resultsA total of 430 females aged 16 to 59 years participated in the outreach programme out of which 109 (25.3%) had a DMFT score > 0. Mean DMFT was 0.7 ± 1.6. Fifty-five (12.8%) participants had decayed teeth, 78 (18.1 %) had missing teeth and 10(2.3%) had filled teeth. The treatment need was 34.3%, restorative index was 13.3% and significant caries index was 2.0. There were significant differences in caries experience based on age, marital status and educational qualifications of participants p < 0.05.
conclusionThe prevalence of dental caries among the study group was low but the treatment need was high. Younger females, singles and those with lower educational qualifications had a higher dental caries experience.
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