Naskova, Sanja and Iljovska, Snezana and Dimova, Cena and Zlatanovska, Katerina and Zarkova-Atanasova, Julija (2017) The correlation between dental caries and socio-economic status in children from 4 - 6 years. Journal of Hygienic Engineering and Design, 21. ISSN 1857- 8489
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Abstract
The purpose of our research is to examine the connection
of between the presence of dental caries and socio-
economic conditions in children aged 4 - 6 years.
Included in the survey were 74 examinees, aged 4 - 6
years, divided into two groups, or experimental group
of 43 examinees, and control group of 31 examinees.
For determining the socio-economic status of the examinees
we used specially structured questionnaire,
which contain questions about the monthly income
of the family, where according to the statistics of the
State service for the year 2015 the average wage was
22.300 denars. Based on the answers of all questions of
socio-economic status among families, evaluation was
the following: Score 0 - High, Score 1- Medium, Score 2-
Humble. Results were analyzed by arithmetical mean.
The distribution of the data pertaining to the socio-
economic status of children with primary dentition
from the control group, pointing out that there is no
significant difference between the two groups. Information
obtained for studied group are pointing out
that 15 (20.30%) were children with low 20 (27.00%)
are medium, and 8 (10.80%) children had a high socio-
economic status.
The results which we got for the socio-economic status
of the children with primary teeth and intensity of dental
caries showed that there is no significant difference
between the two examined groups.
Key words: Caries, Primary dentition, Socio-economic
status.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Sanja Naskova |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2018 14:16 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2018 14:16 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/18893 |
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