Abstract

  A good understanding about the physical, social and psychological effects of dental caries is important since it provides an insight into the impact of dental caries on children's lives. The impact on the quality of life is generally assessed using specifically designed condition-specific instruments. The child version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (Child-OIDP) is one such specific instrument to identify the oral problems leading to the impact on the quality of life, thereby linking the impacts to the oral condition needing attention. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, intensity, and extent of the impact on the quality of life due to dental caries among Sri Lankan teenaged schoolchildren in Matara District. A total of 286 children aged between 13 - 18 years, attending the annual screening at the regional dental mobile service, were recruited to the study. According to the WHO guidelines, oral examination was performed and a pretested Sinhala version of Child OIDP was used. In the study population the prevalence of dental caries was 42.7% and the mean DMFT was 0.97 (± 0.1) and the mean DMFS was 1.8 (± 0.2) for permanent teeth. There was no statistically significant difference between male and female children for DMFT and DMFS levels. Simply 61.5% of the children reported at least a single affected daily activity due to dental carries during the last six months. Out of them, 26.6% reported impacts of high frequency while 34.6% reported the least impact on the daily performances. Twenty nine percent reported the impact on one out of eight daily activities. Functional activities like eating (37.8%), and cleaning mouth (23.1%), were the most frequently and severely affected daily activities followed by sleeping (14.3%), smiling (14.7%) and emotion (13.3%). Our results showed that dental caries primarily affects all three domains: functional, physical and psychological, while highlighting the importance of this knowledge in future improvement of the quality of a life of a child.

Keywords: Dental Caries Prevalence; DMFT; DMFS; Child-OIDP; School Children in Sri Lanka

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Citation: Tharanga Nandasena., et al. “Dental Caries Status and its Impact on Daily Performances Using Child-OIDP in School Children from Matara District, Sri Lanka”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.6 (2020): 42-47.

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