Dental treatment needs of children in a rural subcounty of Uganda

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Nalweyiso, N ^a   Busingye, J ^a   Whitworth, J ^a   Robinson, P G ^b  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH PAIN; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; RURAL HEALTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHACHE; UGANDA;

EID: 0842285978     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2004.00514.x     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. Whitworth JAG. Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS in Uganda - the first 10 years. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 1999; 24: 179-184.
2. Whitworth JAG, Mahe C, Mbulaiteye SM, Nakiyingi J, Ruberantwari A, Ojwiya A, Kamali A. HIV-1 epidemic trends in rural south-west Uganda over a 10-year period. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2002; 7: 1047-1052.
3. Lalloo R. A comparison of dental caries status by surface and treatment needs of 5-7-year-old children in Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale 1998; 21: 12-15.
4. Lalloo R, Hobdell MH, Mosha HJ, Mboli F, Tanda A. Dental caries status of 5-7-year-old children in three districts in Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale 1999; 22: 46-48.
5. Ministry of Health Uganda, Kenya Medical Research Institute. Oral health in Uganda. Results of the national survey 1987. Entebbe: Ministry of Health Uganda, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 1988: 76pp.
6. World Health Organisation. Caries for 12-year-olds by country/area. http://www.whocollab.od.mah./se/countriesalphab.html#u
7. Morgensen HO. False teeth & real suffering; the social course of germectomy in Uganda. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 2000; 24: 331-335.
8. World Health Organisation. Oral Health Surveys Basic Methods, 4th edn. Geneva: WHO, 1997.
9. Thylstrup A, Fejerskov O. Clinical appearance of dental fluorosis in permanent teeth in relation to histologic changes. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1978; 6: 315-328.
10. van Palenstein Helderman WH, Munck L, Mushendwa S, van't Hof MA, Mrema FG. Effect evaluation of an oral health education programme in primary schools in Tanzania. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1997; 25: 296-300.
11. Davies GM, Worthington HV, Ellwood RP, Bentley EM, Blinkhorn AS, Taylor GO, Davies RM. A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of providing free fluoride toothpaste during the pre-school years on reducing caries in 5-6-year-old children. Journal of Dental Research 2002; 81: 385.
12. Stephen KW, Creanor SL, Russell JI et al. A 3-year oral health dose-response study of sodium monofluorophosphate dentifrices with and without zinc citrate: anti-caries results. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1988; 16: 321-325.
13. Sprod AJ, Anderson R, Treasure ET. Effective Oral Health Promotion. Cardiff: Health Promotion Wales, 1996: 67pp.
14. Kay EJ, Locker D. Effectiveness of Oral Health Promotion: a Review. London: Health Education Authority, 1997: 88pp.
15. Kay EJ, Locker D. Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current practice. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1996; 24: 231-235.
16. Frencken JE, Makoni F, Sithole WD. ART restorations and glass ionomer sealants in Zimbabwe: survival after 3 years. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1998; 26: 372-381.
17. Holmgren CJ, Lo EC, Hu D, Wan H. ART restorations and sealants placed in Chinese school children - results after three years. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2000; 28: 314-320.
18. Phantumvanit P, Songpaisan Y, Pilot T, Frencken JE. Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART): a three-year community field trial in Thailand - survival of one-surface restorations in the permanent dentition. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 1996; 56: 141-145, 161-163.
19. Frencken JE, Holmgren CJ. How effective is ART in the management of dental caries? Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1999; 27: 423-430.
20. Yee R. An ART field study in western Nepal. International Dental Journal 2001; 51: 103-108.