Oral Health and Dental Management

Abstract

Dental decay in 6 and 12-year old children of Constanta country -epidemiological survey-

Corneliu Amariei, Luiza Ungureanu, Albertin Leon and Doina Balaban

In Constanta County, the prevalence of oro-dental diseases is greater than in other country counties, which implies the implementation of certain prophylactic measures.
The National Program for dental caries prophylaxis (PN22) has been launched in 2001. In this program 20,000 children between 6 and 12 years old are comprised, who benefit weekly from oral rinsing with the Romanian-made fluoridated solution, Fluorostom. The prophylactic undertaking is effected by members of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Dentistry of Constanta and dentistry students. As no prophylactic program may be put into force without a thorough knowledge concerning the current health condition, an epidemiological survey has been conducted in October 2001 in order to determine the dental decay pathology in representative batches, comprising 1,305 children.
The aggregate number of 6-year old children was 622 and of 12-year old - 638 children, from all the cities and some villages of Constanta county. The assessment of dental health of the children was made by means of the value of DMF-T and DMF-S indices. Their high values (DMF-T in 6-year old children was 5.12 in Constanta county,5.15 in Constanta city, 5.22 in the urban areas of the county and 4.99 in the rural zones of the county; in 12-year old children, DMF-T was 4.47 in Constanta county, 4.5 in Constanta city, 4.82 in the urban areas of the county and 4.07 in the rural areas) imposed the development of a long-term prophylactic program.