La Santé Bucco-Dentaire Chez Les Enfants Scolarisés de 1ère et 5ème Année Primaire de Sétif

Abstract

Oral-dental hygiene is an essential component and an integral part of health status. It represents a determining factor of quality of life. A cross-sectional study was carried out across educational institutions in the city of Sétif. 150 children from grades 1 and 5 were sampled. A clinical examination of the children’s oral state of health was performed in a conventional manner. According to the results it can be seen that; the rate of tooth decay among both sexes was higher than 70%, 109 children consulted a dentist, 26.7% had adenopathy, 67.7% had dental plaque, and 13.3% had a TMJ illness. Generally, medical prevention is an intervention that has to be taken into account as well as curative measures. It’s imperative to underline that oral-dental prevention is not just the concern of dentists. Hence the fundamental role of its implication in public awareness and educational message transmission. It’s mandatory to integrate it in the national public health programs. It’s based, then, on the elimination of bacterial plaque in association with the delivery of dietary advice as well as sealing pits and fissures and the prescribing of fluoride