花蓮縣秀林山地鄉托兒所幼童之齲齒調查

The Prevalence of Caries among Kindergarten Children in Xiu-Lin Mountainous Township of Hualien County

黃志浩(Chih-Hao Huang) ； 黃銘傑(Ming-Jay Hwang) ； 蕭正光(Cheng-Kwang Shaw)

《慈濟醫學雜誌》 16卷4期 (2004/08) Pp. 235-240

https://doi.org/10.6440/TZUCMJ.200408.0235

摘要

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate dental caries in kindergarten children in Xiu-Lin, Hualien county, eastern Taiwan. Results are compared with other equivalent studies on the children of Lanyu, Tainan in Taiwan and an aboriginal region in Australia. Materials and Methods: In total, 251 preschool children from 7 kindergartens in Xiu-Lin, aged 2 to 6, were included in this study. With a flashlight, disposable dental mirrors, and explorers, the oral examination was carried out by 2 dentists. Decayed, missing and filled surfaces and teeth were recorded along with demographic characteristics. Prevalence, restorative rate, def score, and dfs score were calculated. Differences in def and dfs scores by gender, age, tribe, kindergartens, surfaces and studies were compared by SPSS for Windows 8.0 software. Results: This study reveals a high prevalence of caries (89.24%) and an extremely low restorative rate (3.20%) among the kindergarten children in Xiu-Lin. The mean def and dfs scores were 7.58*4.76 and 12.53*9.67 respectively, which showed no disparities in terms of gender, tribe, or kindergarten (p＞0.05), but significant differences in terms of age and teeth surfaces (p＜0.01). The mean def score in this study was significantly higher than that from Tainan or the Australian aboriginal region (p＜0.01), but approximates that of Lanyu (p＞0.05). Conclusions: The prevalence of caries is high, and the restorative rate is low among preschool children in the kindergartens in Xiu-Lin. More efforts by the government and dentists should be made to improve the oral health of these children.

關鍵字

齲齒 ； 學齡前幼童 ； 山地鄉 ； 原住民 ； 齲蝕拔除填補指數

並列摘要

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate dental caries in kindergarten children in Xiu-Lin, Hualien county, eastern Taiwan. Results are compared with other equivalent studies on the children of Lanyu, Tainan in Taiwan and an aboriginal region in Australia. Materials and Methods: In total, 251 preschool children from 7 kindergartens in Xiu-Lin, aged 2 to 6, were included in this study. With a flashlight, disposable dental mirrors, and explorers, the oral examination was carried out by 2 dentists. Decayed, missing and filled surfaces and teeth were recorded along with demographic characteristics. Prevalence, restorative rate, def score, and dfs score were calculated. Differences in def and dfs scores by gender, age, tribe, kindergartens, surfaces and studies were compared by SPSS for Windows 8.0 software. Results: This study reveals a high prevalence of caries (89.24%) and an extremely low restorative rate (3.20%) among the kindergarten children in Xiu-Lin. The mean def and dfs scores were 7.58*4.76 and 12.53*9.67 respectively, which showed no disparities in terms of gender, tribe, or kindergarten (p＞0.05), but significant differences in terms of age and teeth surfaces (p＜0.01). The mean def score in this study was significantly higher than that from Tainan or the Australian aboriginal region (p＜0.01), but approximates that of Lanyu (p＞0.05). Conclusions: The prevalence of caries is high, and the restorative rate is low among preschool children in the kindergartens in Xiu-Lin. More efforts by the government and dentists should be made to improve the oral health of these children.

並列關鍵字

Caries ； preschool children ； mountain country ； aboriginal ； def index