Distribution Of Dental Caries Among Primary School ChildrenIn Al-Mukalla Area - Yemen

Abstract

This cross-sectional study is canied out to identify the distribution of dental caries among
400 primary school children of 12 years age in Al-Mukalla area in Yemen.It was found
that 198 (495%) out of 400 school children have dental caries; of those affected children
5L5% were males, and 48.5% were females. Dental caries was found to occur more in
permanent teeth (76.6%) and distributed mostly in the lower jaw (54%). It is more
distributed in urban areas where the affected seen to represent 53o/o, whereas in the rural
areas it was 38%. In comparison, the distribution of dental caries (among the affected) in
private schools (57o/o) is more than that in governmental schools (47%), and the children
living in areas receive their water supply from Al-Ghail, Source 1, are affected (53.6%)
more than those living in areas supplied from Al-Taweela, Source 2, (42.7%). Finally
dental caries causes missing of the teeth in 8% of children