Dental caries in children less than 5 years of age and its impact on Quality of Life

Aqsa Batool; Tallat Anwar  Faridi; Ishrat  Perveen; Salsabeel Khan; Muhammad Azzam Khan; Syed Bilal Hassan

doi:10.54393/df.v1i02.27

Authors

Aqsa Batool University Institute of Public health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Tallat Anwar Faridi University Institute of Public health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The UNiversity of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Ishrat Perveen PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozpur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Salsabeel Khan University Institute of Public health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The UNiversity of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Azzam Khan Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Syed Bilal Hassan University Institute of Public health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The UNiversity of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/df.v1i02.27

Keywords:

Dental Caries, Quality of life, DMFT, ECOHIS

Abstract

Dental caries may have a huge and direct impact on quality of life of an individual. In case of children, it is even more important to have healthy teeth Objective: To evaluate the impact of dental caries on quality of life in children less than 5 years of age Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study conducted in DHQ Hospital, Hafizabad, Pakistan, 370 children of both genders and within age range of 1-5 years during a period of 9 months. Decayed Missing Filled (DMF) Index was used for the assessment of dental caries. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 23.0 Results: There was high frequency (243, 65.7%) of dental caries in children. Mostly their parents were illiterate (70%) and children were not brushing their teeth regularly (93.8%). Conclusions: Poor oral hygiene and dental caries was associated with low quality of life.

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