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KMID : 1157520160120040269
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2016 Volume.12 No. 4 p.269 ~ p.276
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Three Years Program on Pit and Fissure Sealant for Laos Children
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Kim Na-Young
Yun Mi-Hae
Lim Tae-Woo
Keo Sakpaseuth
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Abstract
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Objective: Pilot program in Laos children for sealant was performed in order to know the dental caries experience of permanent tooth compared with the other school children without sealant program. This data will be a contribution for futher program for school oral health in Laos.
Methods: School children for a primary school at Vientiane in Laos was selected as an experimental group for sealant pro-gram and performed the sealing on the permanent teeth for all indicated children, in order to estimate the DMFS index by comparing the data of the control group school children in Laos.
Results: The DMFS index in experimental group were revealed as 0.73±0.75 in 3rd rade, 1.07±0.84 in 4th grade and 1.34±0.92 in 5th grade children in experimental group, otherwise 1.31±2.03 in 3rd grade, 1.75±2.14 in 4th grade and 2.27±3.04 in 5th grade children in control group. So it was estimated the prevention effect as 29.3% in 3rd grade, 16.5% in 4 th grade and 30.8% in 5th grade children (p＜0.05).
Conclusion: Sealant program would be effective to decrease the caries prevalence in Lao children and it was recommended to extend the sealant program to all of Laos primary schools, after performing the more detailed pilot program in Laos.
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KEYWORD
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sealant program, dental health in Laos, public oral health in Laos
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