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. 2015 Nov 9:8:662.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1532-y.

Prevalence and severity of gingivitis in school students aged 6-11 years in Tafelah Governorate, South Jordan: results of the survey executed by National Woman's Health Care Center

Rania Rodan  1 , Feryal Khlaifat  2 , Leena Smadi  3 , Reem Azab  4 , Asma Abdalmohdi  5
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Prevalence and severity of gingivitis in school students aged 6-11 years in Tafelah Governorate, South Jordan: results of the survey executed by National Woman's Health Care Center

Rania Rodan et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Background: A cross-sectional census was conducted on 994 public school students aged 6-11 years living in 3 different parts of Tafeleh Governorate-South of Jordan, to determine the prevalence, and severity of gingivitis and to evaluate the oral hygiene habits among them as a part a survey executed by National Woman's Health Care Center. All students were examined for gingival index (GI) and plaque index (PI), information about oral hygiene habits was recorded.

Results: Only 29.8 % had healthy gingiva, 38.5 % had mild gingivitis, 31.4 % had moderate gingivitis, and 0.3 % had severe gingivitis. The difference between both genders was not statistically significant P > 0.05. 36.8 % of the examined students never brushed their teeth. Average gingival index (GI) and average plaque index (PI) were 0.77 and 0.61 respectively.

Conclusions: Fair oral hygiene with mild to moderate gingivitis is highly prevalent among Tafelah school children. This study indicated that oral health status among schoolchildren in Tafelah is poor and needs to be improved. Long-term school based oral health education programme is highly recommended.

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Tafelah Province: this map shows the location of Tafelah province within Jordan, it shows also the relative size of this province to the total size of Jordan. Source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Tafilah_in_Jordan.svg
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Frequency of teeth brushing. The frequency of teeth brushing as reported by students extracted from their answer using a pre- prepared questionnaire
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Oral hygiene status according to plaque index (PI). The oral hygiene status is demonstrated using the plaque index (PI) for all students examined during the survey, the status was classified as Good, Fair and Poor
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Gingival status according to gingival index (GI). The Gingival status is demonstrated using the gingival index (GI) for all students examined during the survey, the status was classified as Normal, Mild Gingivitis, Moderate Gingivitis, and Sever Gingivitis
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