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Background: There is sparse information about oral health seeking behaviour of children in rural areas of developing countries. The aim of the study was to determine the dental care seeking behaviour of children attending the first rural based community oral health centre in Nigeria.
Methods: A retrospective review of records of patients aged 16 years or younger treated at the Primary Oral Health Care Centre in Ibarapa, Nigeria over six years was conducted. Data on sociodemographic characteristics of the patients, pattern of presentation and their oral hygiene practices were collected and processed using SPSS.
Results: A total of 239 paediatric patients were seen during the period with a mean age of 9.7 ± 4.4 years and 132 (55.2%) were males. The majority, 225 (94.1%), were presenting for the first time. All the children sought dental care for one problem or the other and the most common reasons for seeking care were: tooth ache in 105 (43.9%), trauma in 30 (12.6%) and perceived unclean mouth in 20 (8.4%) patients. Older children were more likely to seek dental care because of pain (p < 0.001), while younger children sought care principally on account of trauma (p < 0.001) and the under 5 years were seen more often for gum ache (p = 0.006). The majority, 175 (73.2%), used toothbrush and 182 (76.2%) cleaned their teeth once daily.
Conclusion: None of the children presented for routine check-up, rather, consultation was as a result of dental problems with toothache being the most common reason.
Keywords: Children, dental care services, dental pain, primary oral care, rural community
Résumé
Contexte: Il y a peu d’informations à propos du comportementde recherche de santéorale des enfants dans les zones rurales des pays en voie de développement. Le but de l’étude était de déterminerle comportementde recherche de soins dentaires des enfants fréquentant le premier centrecommunautaire de santé bucco-dentaire en milieu rural au Nigeria.
Méthodes: Une revue rétrospective des dossiers de patients âgés de 16 ans ou moins traités au centre de santébucco-dentaire primaires à Ibarapa, au Nigeria sur une période de six ans a été menée. Les données sur les caractéristiques sociodémographiques des patients, le mode de présentation et leurs pratiques d’hygiène buccale ont été recueillies et traitées en utilisant SPSS.
Résultats: Un total de 239 patients pédiatriques ont été vus au cours de la période, avec un âge moyen de 9,7 ± 4,4 ans et 132 (55,2%) étaient des garçons. La majorité, 225 (94,1%), présentait pour la première fois. Tous les enfants cherchaient des soins dentaires pour un problème ou l’autre et les raisons les plus communes pour la recherche de soins étaient les suivants: maux de dents dans 105 (43,9%), les traumatismes dans 30 (12,6%) et perçue bouche malpropre dans 20 (8,4%) patients. Les enfants plus âgés étaient plus susceptibles d’obtenir des soins dentaires en raison de la douleur (p <0,001), tandis que les enfants plus jeunes ont cherché des soins principalement à cause d’un traumatisme (p <0,001) et les moins de 5 ans ont été vus plus souvent pour la douleur des gencives (p = 0,006). La majorité, 175 (73,2%), utilisait des brosses à dents et 182 (76,2%) nettoyaient leurs dents une fois par jour.
Conclusion: Aucun des enfants ne présentait pour la routine check-up, plutôt, la consultation était à la suite des problèmes dentaires avec le mal de dent étant la raison la plus courante.
Mots-clés: Enfants, services de soins dentaires, douleurs dentaires, soins bucco-dentaires
Correspondence: Dr. F.B. Lawal, Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. E-mail: folakemilawal@yahoo.com.
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