Oral Health and Dental Management

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran

Publications

• Research Article   
  DMFT in Iranian 12-Year-Old Students Residing in the Desert Region and Its Association with their Individual and Family Factors
  Author(s): Ali Alami, Ali Ramezani, Alireza Jafari, Behnam Khodadost and Saeed Erfanpour*
  
  Background: Oral health and associated factors in students, as an important health-related subject, would be effective on their growth, self-confidence, socialization, learning ability, daily activities, and quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the DMFT index of 12-year-old students in Gonabad, Bajistan and its relation with their personal and family factors. Materials and methods: An analytic-cross sectional study conducted among 1280 the students residing in the two desert districts of Iran in 2016. The required data including the subjects’ demographic and family factors as well as their oral health situation extracted from The National School Oral Health Program. A Kruskal Wallis, Mann-Whitney, and logistic regression model use to analyze the risk factors that may be associated with DMFT index. .. View more»
  

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