Prevalence of Damaged and Missing Teeth Among Women in the Southern Plains of Nepal: Findings of a Simplified Assessment Tool

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2019 Dec 4

PMID 31794571

Citations 1

Authors

Priyanka Agrawal

Swetha Manohar

Andrew L Thorne-Lyman

K C Angela

Binod Shrestha

Rolf D Klemm

Keith P West

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence of missing and damaged teeth among women in the rural southern plains of Nepal using an interviewer-administered tooth assessment module.

Setting: 21wards in seven Village Development Committees across the Tarai of Nepal in 2015.

Participants: Resident, married women of children less than 5 years of age or those married in the 2 years prior to the survey, 14 to 49 years of age participating in a mid-year nutrition and health survey in the Tarai region of Nepal.

Outcome Measures: Prevalence of missing and damaged teeth, history of dental problems, oral hygiene practices, access to dental treatment and risk factors for missing and damaged teeth.

Results: Of 3007 assessed women, aged 14 to 49 years of age, 22.8% (95% CI: 21.4-24.4) reported ≥ 1 missing or damaged teeth; 81.5% (95% CI 80.1-82.9) reported regularly practicing oral hygiene, typically with standard local dentifrices. Pain or discomfort in the oral cavity in the previous 6 months affected 17.6% of women. Among these, 43.8% had sought treatment from a dental facility, pharmacy or village doctor. Home remedies were commonly applied to relieve pain.

Conclusion: Broken and missing teeth are common, affecting nearly one-quarter of adult women of reproductive age in rural Southern Nepal, as assessed by an interviewer-administered questionnaire.

Citing Articles

Correction: Prevalence of damaged and missing teeth among women in the southern plains of Nepal: Findings of a simplified assessment tool.

Agrawal P, Manohar S, Thorne-Lyman A, Angela K, Shrestha B, Klemm R PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0228401.

PMID: 31978176 PMC: 6980404. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228401.

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