A cross – sectional survey on dental caries in 3181 Vietnamese adults, who are over 18 year olds and live in 7 geographic areas of Vietnam, showed that the percentage of Vietnamese adults who had dental caries is high. The percentage of caries and the DMFT index increase across the age groups. There is no difference in caries percentage between male and female but it is different between urban population and rural population, in the same age group urban population had more caries experience than rural population. The percentage of filling teeth is very low, from 1.49% to 6.38% depending on age groups. The percentage of missing teeth due to untreated is very high and increase across age groups
Dental Caries ; Adult

The study is a survey on oro-dental diseases in 1132 children who were over 6 years old and living in the North Central Coastal and South Central Coastal areas. The subjects were divided into 4 age groups: 6-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 15-17. Results: The percentage of children 6-8 years old with caries in the primary dentition was high, from 83.7% to 91.6%. The percentage of children who had caries in the permanent dentition increased across the age groups. The percentage of children who had not caries was much more lower than WHO’s standard. In all age groups, the percentage of children in the South Central Coast who had dental caries was higher than children in the North Central Coast. The percentage of children 6-14 years old with gingivitis in the South Central Coast was higher than in the North Central Coast
Child ; Delivery of Health Care

2688 primary school pupils and sencondary school children in the whole of the country, aged 6-11 years old, living in mountain, plain, central and northern areas, southern. A high prevalence of gingivitis inflammation of 42,7- 71,4% was concluded in all age groups, higher in rural area than in urban and increasing with the age. There fore the programme of dental oral care for school children in the whole of country, including oral hygiene education must be promoted.
Gingivitis ; Child ; Vietnam ; Epidemiology

84,4% of children aged 6-8 years old sulfered from caries of milk tooth. In average, each subject of thin aged had got 5,07 milk teeth experienced by caries and 12,98 tooth surfaces were destroyed by caries. The incidence of this dental condition was different from geographic areas. In south coast area in Central Viet Nam and MeKong delta, the incidence was higher than other areas and higher than 90% and a very low percentage was treated, almost no significance, especially in North mountain area, north coast and south coast of Central Viet Nam central Highland.
Dental Caries ; Vietnam ; Child

Research randomly 1132 adults from ≥18 years old who living in North Central Coastal and South Central Coastal areas by deviding period method. The objects were examines dental caries situation and periodontal diseases acording to assement method of WHO. Result: The percentage of adults who had dental caries is high, from 93.2% to 97.8%. The DMFT index increases across the age groups. The situation of dental caries in adults of the North Central Coast is higher than in the South Central Coast. Periodontal diseases: The percentage of adults who had gingivitis and periodontitis is high, from 92.45t-100%. The percentage of adults at age 45 and the older who had periodontal pocket is high, from 30.2% to 35.6%. The percentage of people who had acceptable gingival health is very low, and lower than 10%. Oral health situation of community is not get targets of EEC and of WHO.
Stomatognathic Diseases ; Adult ; Epidemiology

An in-vitro study was conducted on tooth enamel collected in removed samples and processed with pH 5 demineralization solution and with the solution of Crest fluoride toothpaste. Fluoride uptake into demineralized enamel was measured. Result confirms the ability of Crest Toothpaste to prevent dental caries
Dental Caries ; Toothpaste

The program of school-based oral care has been organised at all 25 primary and secondary schools of Gia Loc district since 1989/1990 to prevent oral diseases including gingivitis. After 8 years, the ratio of children who affected by gingivitis reduced clearly. The rate of school pupils who have acceptable gingival health increased from 8.42% to 94.21%. This result confirms that school-based oral preventive activities are neccesary and suitable. Particulary, in 1997/1998 we reached WHO and EEC countries’s goal as well as Vietnam’s goal for the year of 2010
Dental Care ; child ; Gingivitis ; prevention & control

The program of SCDC has been organised at all 25 primary and secondary schools of Gia Loc district since 1989-1990 to prevent dental caries for children aged 6 -15. The program’s activities include dental health education, conducting children to rinse their mouth by fluoride water 0.2% weekly and clinical preventation. After 8 years, the situatation of dental caries reduced. At age 12, the ratio of dental caries reduced 56.05% and DMFT reduced 79.41%. This result confirms that the contents of SCDC are suitble. Especially the situation of dental health shows that in 1997-1998 we reached WHO global goals and Vietnam goals for the year 2010.
Dental Care ; child ; prevention & control ; Dental Caries

The project was carried out to assess the situation of oral hygiene of the school children who have not been conducted oral hygiene as well as to access the effectiveness of dental education in the improvement of oral hygiene. The results of this study showed that: 1. The situation of oral hygiene of the school children is very bad. This is alarming situation of preventive hygiene. So we have to strengthen oral hygiene education for children community across the country. 2. The content of oral hygiene education of the school dental program for children (6-15 years old) has significant effectiveness on the improvement of oral hygiene. 3. The oral hygiene situation tightly related to orodental diseases such as dental caries, periodontal disease. So we have to conduct oral hygiene education for community in order to prevent dental caries and periodontal disease
child ; Oral Hygiene

The program of school-based oral care has been organised at all 25 primary and secondary schools of Gia Loc district since 1989/1990 to prevent oral diseases that include gingivitis. After 8 years, the ratio of children who affected by gingivitis reduced clearly. The rate of school pupils who have acceptable gingival health increased from 8.42% to 94.21%. This result confirms that school-based oral preventive activities are neccesary and suitable. Particularly, in 1997/1998 we reaches WHO and EEC countries’s goal as well as Vietnam’s goal for the year of 2010
Periodontal Diseases ; Dental Care