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Children from two orphanages will be examined for dental caries experience, in comparison to parented school children.
A total of 156 children were included in this study, they were, residing in governmental orphanage, non-governmental orphanage and parented children attending primary school. Written informed consent was obtained prior to the start of the study, form legal guardians or child's parent. Dental examination was carried out on an ordinary chair beside a window on day light. DMF and def indices were used to assess dental caries for primary and permanent teeth. Also, unmet treatment need index, care index and significant caries index were calculated.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| School children (control group) | parented school children (control group) |
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| Non-Governmental orphanage children (exposed group 1) |
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| Governmental orphanage children (exposed group 2) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| caries assessment | Diagnostic Test | the child will examined for dental caries, caries prevalence, caries indices (def and DMF, or DMF) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| caries experience | measured using DMF/ def index | baseline record |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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apparently healthy children aged from six to12 years old
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ahram Canadian University | Giza | Egypt |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 37020200 | Derived | Khattab NMA, Abd-Elsabour MAA. Assessment of dental caries among a group of institutionalized orphan children compared to parented school children: case-control study. BMC Oral Health. 2023 Apr 5;23(1):202. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-02915-1. |
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