Dental fear and caries prevalence in schoolchildren with hearing impairment in Greece.

IF 2.3 Q2 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI:10.1007/s40368-024-00961-z

A S Trimeridou, V Boka, A Arhakis, N Kotsanos, K Arapostathis

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Abstract

Purpose: There have been limited reports on hearing impaired (HI) children's oral health, but no data on their dental fear. The aim of this study was to assess dental fear and caries prevalence in HI children and adolescents.

Methods: Upon ethical approval, all elementary and junior/senior high schools for the HI in Greece were invited to participate in the study. Students were asked to fill in the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). High school students additionally answered the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). Both questionnaires were translated into sign language by the same licensed interpreter. Caries prevalence was evaluated by dmfs/DMFS indices. Statistics by SPSS Statistics 28 (IBM) included parametric and non-parametric tests (significance at p ≤ 0.05).

Results: 33 elementary and 53 junior/senior high school students (mean age = 10.89 ± 2.63 and 16.23 ± 1.33 years, respectively) participated in the study. Means of CFSS-DS were 24.1 ± 9.9 and 26.9 ± 10.5, respectively. Mean MDAS (high school students) was 11.3 ± 4.7. Mean dmfs was 2.5 ± 5.2 for elementary and mean DMFS was 3.5 ± 5.4 for elementary and 7.3 ± 9.0 for high school students, higher than similar-age general population. Dental fear was not significantly associated to age, gender, severity of hearing impairment (HI) or caries prevalence.

Conclusion: HI children present similar dental fear values, but higher caries prevalence compared to similar-age Greek hearing population.

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希腊有听力障碍的学龄儿童的牙科恐惧和龋齿患病率。

目的：有关听障（HI）儿童口腔健康的报道有限，但没有关于他们牙齿恐惧的数据。本研究旨在评估听障儿童和青少年的牙齿恐惧和龋齿患病率：在获得伦理批准后，希腊所有为听障儿童开设的小学和初中/高中都应邀参加了这项研究。学生们被要求填写儿童恐惧调查表-牙科分量表（CFSS-DS）。此外，高中生还回答了改良牙科焦虑量表（MDAS）。两份问卷均由同一名持证翻译翻译成手语。龋齿患病率通过 dmfs/DMFS 指数进行评估。采用 SPSS 统计 28（IBM）进行统计，包括参数和非参数检验（显著性检验 p≤ 0.05）：33名小学生和53名初中/高中生（平均年龄分别为（10.89 ± 2.63）岁和（16.23 ± 1.33）岁）参加了研究。CFSS-DS 的平均值分别为 24.1 ± 9.9 和 26.9 ± 10.5。MDAS（高中生）的平均值为 11.3 ± 4.7。小学生的平均DMFS为2.5 ± 5.2，小学生的平均DMFS为3.5 ± 5.4，高中生的平均DMFS为7.3 ± 9.0，均高于同年龄的普通人群。牙齿恐惧与年龄、性别、听力障碍（HI）严重程度或龋齿患病率无明显关系：结论：与同龄的希腊听力人群相比，听力障碍儿童的牙齿恐惧值相似，但龋齿患病率较高。

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European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-

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期刊介绍： The aim and scope of European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) is to promote research in all aspects of dentistry for children, including interceptive orthodontics and studies on children and young adults with special needs. The EAPD focuses on the publication and critical evaluation of clinical and basic science research related to children. The EAPD will consider clinical case series reports, followed by the relevant literature review, only where there are new and important findings of interest to Paediatric Dentistry and where details of techniques or treatment carried out and the success of such approaches are given.