Relationship between socio economic status and oral and dental health status in children with primary dentition

Dental caries still remains one of the biggest health
problems worldwide because it affects people of all
ages, especially children, in whom it occurs more
frequently. Motivated by new challenges and
insights, our study is an attempt to determine the
socio-economic status of children with primary
dentition and its association with dental caries. The
study included 74 respondents (35 females and 39
males) aged 4-6 years. To determine the socio
economic status of the respondents' families and
their behavioral habits towards dental and oral
health, we used specially structured questionnaires.
The distribution of data relating to the socio
economic status of children with primary teeth, from
the experimental group 15 (20.30%) children were
of low, 20 (27.00%) were of medium and 8
(10.80%) children had high socio-economic status.
In the control group, all 31 (41.90%) children were
of middle socioeconomic status. The realization of
this research on the association of socioeconomic
conditions and dental caries for which we provided
respectable results can be used as serious screening
factors and seriously participate as an instrument for
assessing the risk of caries.
Keywords: dental caries, socioeconomic status,
primary dentition