Department of Epidemiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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.
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