Evaluation of Orthodontic Treatment Needs among Widou Schoolchildren in Ferlo (SENEGAL): A Transversal Study

作     者：Amadou Dieng Alpha Badiane Abdoulaye Amath Diop Serigne Ndame Dieng Engueran Macia Massamba Diouf Amadou Dieng;Alpha Badiane;Abdoulaye Amath Diop;Serigne Ndame Dieng;Engueran Macia;Massamba Diouf

作者机构：Public Health Service Odontostomatology Institute Cheikh-Anta-Diop University Dakar Senegal IRL 3189 ESS UCAD Dakar Senegal Dento-Facial Orthopedics Department Odontostomatology Institute Cheikh-Anta-Diop University Dakar Senegal Dental Surgeon Specialist in Public Health Paris France 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Epidemiology》 (流行病学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第3期

页      面：343-354页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：Evaluation Orthodontic Treatment Needs Schoolchildren Ferlo 

摘      要：The aim of this study was to evaluate orthodontic treatment needs among Ferlo scholars. The design of the study was descriptive and transversal. For Inclusion criteria, children must live in Widou or live around Widou’s school at least 6 km, be students at primary school of Widou Thiengoly, have a general health state which permits a clinical oral examination and teacher’s and/or parent’s agreement. The investigation was exhaustive and concerned the only school of the locality. More of 4/5 schoolchildren was 10.25 years ± 2.15 old. The majority (83.74%) of children presented an overjet between 0 and 3.5 mm, 1.63% presented a crossbite and 15.45% had OIM and RC different over to 2 mm. More of 30% of schoolchildren presented an overbite between 1 and 2 mm. More of 1/10 of them had an aesthetic teeth perception classified levels 8.9 and 10 corresponding to an orthodontic treatment needed according to IOTN while 20.33% had a score of 4 and 3.25% recorded score of 5 corresponding to a high treatment needed according to IOTN. The results of this study reveal that people need to be informed better about the therapeutic possibilities that orthodontics offer.