地利村與臺中市孩童齲齒狀況之比較

Comparison of Caries Status of Children in the Dy-Li Village and Taichung City

孫國丁(Kuo-Ting Sun) ； 江顯雄(Hsien-Hsiung Chiang)

《臺灣兒童牙醫學雜誌》 4卷1期 (2004/03) Pp. 1-5

https://doi.org/10.6319/TJPD.2004.4(1).1

摘要

Purposes: The purposes of this study were to investigate caries status of children in a remote Dy-Li village of Taiwan and compare the results to those in the Taichung city of Taiwan.
Methods: The elementary and kindergarten students of both Dy-Li village and Taichung city were received oral examination. There were 131 students in Dy-Li village, and 367 students in Taichung city. The survey included mean scores of decayed teeth (DT) and caries prevalence rate. Student's t test was used to analyze the differences of decayed teeth in each age group between two areas.
Results: The results showed that the mean scores of decayed teeth and caries prevalence rates of Dy-Li village were significantly higher than those of Taichung city (p＜0.01).
Conclusions: Children in the Dy-Li village showed poorer oral health than those in the Taichung city. It was due to insufficient medical and dental resources and inconvenient for residents to see a dentist or doctor in that remote area. In addition, some children in the Dy-Li village did not have national health insurance because of financial problem, which worsened the neglect of children's oral health.

關鍵字

齲齒平均顆數 ； 齲齒發生率

並列摘要

Purposes: The purposes of this study were to investigate caries status of children in a remote Dy-Li village of Taiwan and compare the results to those in the Taichung city of Taiwan.
Methods: The elementary and kindergarten students of both Dy-Li village and Taichung city were received oral examination. There were 131 students in Dy-Li village, and 367 students in Taichung city. The survey included mean scores of decayed teeth (DT) and caries prevalence rate. Student's t test was used to analyze the differences of decayed teeth in each age group between two areas.
Results: The results showed that the mean scores of decayed teeth and caries prevalence rates of Dy-Li village were significantly higher than those of Taichung city (p＜0.01).
Conclusions: Children in the Dy-Li village showed poorer oral health than those in the Taichung city. It was due to insufficient medical and dental resources and inconvenient for residents to see a dentist or doctor in that remote area. In addition, some children in the Dy-Li village did not have national health insurance because of financial problem, which worsened the neglect of children's oral health.

並列關鍵字

Mean Decayed Teeth ； Caries prevalence