Dentistry is undergoing rapid change in Vietnam. The burden of oral disease is increasing, especially dental and periodontal diseases in children and adults. The previous National oral Health survey of Vietnam collected data in 1989 are becoming outdated, and became an inadequate basis for strategic planning on oral- dental prevention to enter the new millenium. The Institute of Odonto Stomatology Hanoi-MOH conducted a National Oral health Survey 1999-2000 in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s Dental statistics and research unit at the University of Adelaide. The results of survey provided new and global data on dental, periodontal diseases, socio-economic distribution, fluorides distribution in water and oral health target for the year of 2010. The survey is excellent and successful.
Oral Health ; Dental Health Surveys

The school-based dental preventive program has been developed strongly in many areas of the whole country. Especially, the program has been covered at level of province such as Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh. It is preventive results were very high. Dental carries were reduced and periodontal status is improved. Through the study of fluoride concentration in the natural water, we determine that the use of fluoride mouthwash for children at school is necessary to reduce dental carries.
Health Status ; Oral Health ; Dental Health Surveys

The study was performed to evaluate the situation of the orodental disease in Vietnam and Southwest Asia region, the cause of disease and activities of orodental disease prevention and control as well as the efficacy of school based orodental control program. The obtained results as follow: the school orodental program had a good efficacy to reduce the morbidity rate of orodental disease in school age. The expansion of this program will reduce significantly medical cost as well as burden of health facilities.
Dental Pulp Diseases ; Oral Health ; Dental Health Surveys ; child

The institute of facio-odonto stomatology implemented the consultation and the orodental health care for pupils with ages of 6-15 in Nghia Hung commune, Tu Loc district and Hai Hung province. The rate of the teeth decay, the indicators of decayed, missing and filling (DMF) and the gingivitis rate with the code of the community periodontal index treatment need (CPITN) in the first time of examination (have not been received the orodental health care) and the second time of examination (received the orodental health care) were analysed. The results have shown that the gingivitis rate was significantly reduced (from 94.28% to 65.17%), the rate of teeth decay was slightly increased and the rate of pupils received filling was low (11%).
Oral Health ; Dental Health Surveys ; Dental Care ; Child

OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to evaluate the correlation between self-reported oral health and caries experience, and to find out factors that affect perceived oral health status and treatment need in Korean male soldiers aged 18 to 24. METHODS: The cross-sectional oral health examination and questionnaire survey about the attitude of oral health were conducted (n=2,436). The survey contained self-reported oral health status, self-reported dental treatment need and associated factors. RESULTS: Caries experience like DMFT, DT, FT, and MT indices were significantly different by selfreported oral health status, as well as the self-perceived dental treatment need (P<0.005). Experience rates of 'tooth pain', 'periodontal pain', 'tooth hypersensitiveness', 'gingival bleeding', 'tooth cavity', 'oral malodor', 'need prophylaxis', 'former dental treatment', 'smoking' and 'scaling' were different by selfreported oral health status and self-perceived dental treatment need (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Subjective oral health perception reflected objective oral health status and other oral health related factors.
Aged ; Dental Caries ; Dental Health Surveys ; Humans ; Male ; Military Dentistry ; Military Personnel ; Oral Health ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate current issues and areas for improvement in the Korean Dental Hygienist National Licensing Examination (KDHNLE) through an expert Delphi survey. METHODS: A Delphi survey was conducted from May through August 2016 in Korea. This Delphi survey included 20 persons representing the field of dental hygiene (7 groups from various dental hygiene-related organizations). The Delphi survey was administered through e-mail as 3 rounds of questionnaire surveys regarding the issues facing the KDHNLE and potential solutions to those challenges. The primary Delphi survey was an open questionnaire. In each round, subjects' responses were categorized according to the detailed themes of their responses. The minimum value of the content validity ratio of the survey results was determined by the number of panels participating in the Delphi survey. RESULTS: Issues facing the KDHNLE were identified from the results of the Delphi survey. The following 4 items had an average importance score of 4.0 or higher and were considered as important by over 85% of the panels: the failure of the practical test to reflect actual clinical settings, the focus of the practical test on dental scaling, the gap between the items evaluated on the national examination and actual practical work, and insufficiency in strengthening the expertise of licensed dental hygienists. The following items were suggested for improvement: more rigorous rater training, adjustment of the difficulty of the licensing examination, the introduction of a specialized dental hygienist system, and more rigorous refresher training for licensed dental hygienists. CONCLUSION: Based on the above results, the KDHNLE should be improved according to the core competencies of dental hygienists, including on-site clinical practice experience.
Dental Health Surveys ; Dental Hygienists* ; Dental Scaling ; Electronic Mail ; Humans ; Korea ; Licensure* ; Oral Hygiene ; Republic of Korea

PURPOSE: To understand the differences and correlations of the knowledge of oral health, behavior, self-efficacy, belief, and the number of cavities in accordance with the general traits of elementary school students. METHODS: The survey was conducted at 2 elementary schools in D city, which 740 respondents were analyzed. RESULTS: A group of students who have received health education has plentiful knowledge of oral health and have more cavities. Also, a group of students who have been to dental clinics recently have more knowledge of oral health, follow guidance on oral health, and have high level of belief in health. The more knowledge of oral health the students have, the better they behave for oral health and the higher self-efficacy and belief in oral health become. Students with higher self-efficacy show more knowledge of oral health, more appropriate behavior, and stronger belief in oral health, while the number of cavities are much less. CONCLUSION: Health education contributes to improving the level of knowledge of oral health. Comprehensive programs beyond simple introduction of knowledge will be needed to improve behavior, self-efficacy, and belief in oral health. It is recommended to include a health clinic within a program for improving oral health in school so that it can help more students get oral health.
Surveys and Questionnaires ; Dental Caries* ; Dental Clinics ; Health Education ; Humans ; Oral Health* ; Self Efficacy

OBJECTIVEThis study aimed to investigate the value of child oral health for Chengdu parents, their intentions, and factors influencing their decision to acquire oral insurance coverage for their childrens.

METHODSA total of 562 Chengdu parents were interviewed using questionnaires by convenient sampling, and the results were analyzed using SPSS 20.0.

RESULTSThe age of children (B = -1.741, P = 0.004), age of parents (B = 2.031, P = 0.003), level of oral discomfort (B = 0.569, P = 0.000), incurring/not incurring oral care expenses in the previous year (B = 1.897, P = 0.014), the last time parents' had teeth cleaned (B = 0.777, P = 0.006), and acquiring/not acquiring commercial insurance coverage (B = 1.632, P = 0.031) significantly influenced the intention of acquiring child oral insurance.

CONCLUSIONChild oral health, health and insurance awareness of parents, and other factors influenced the intention of parents to purchase oral insurance coverage for their children, which were significant to establish pediatric dental insurance.

Child ; China ; Dental Care ; Health Expenditures ; Humans ; Insurance, Dental ; economics ; Oral Health ; economics ; Parents ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The prevalence of caries of milk teeth was 62.6% of 6-10 -year -old age school children in Bac Kan province. There was no difference between boy and girl. 78.5% was the prevalence of periodontosis diseases. Candy consumption was a risk factor for caries (OR=4.62) and periodontosis (OR=0.15). For caries, no brushing of teeth was a risk factor (OR=4.54) and a factor causing high prevalence of periodontosis in children
Dental Health Surveys ; Risk Factors ; Child ; Oral Medicine

The purposes of this study were to classify the anteroposterior and vertical skeletal pattern of normal occlusion samples into specific types with factor and hierarchical cluster analysis, and to evaluate the range and limit of skeletal relationships that permit the establishment of normal occlusion via natural dentoalveolar compensation. Lateral cephalograms of 294 normal occlusion samples were measured, as selected from 15,836 persons through a community dental health survey who cooperated in record taking. Using a factor analysis, two factors representing anteroposterior and vertical skeletal relationships were extracted from 18 skeletal measurements. Then cluster analysis classified the skeletal patterns into nine types. The means and the standard deviations of 8 anteroposterior skeletal measurements and 10 vertical skeletal measurements were determined and comparisons of these measurements among the types were performed. The results obtained in this study showed that the range of normal occlusion included very diverse anteroposterior and vertical skeletal relationships.
Classification* ; Cluster Analysis ; Compensation and Redress ; Dental Health Surveys ; Humans