Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti burnos higienos paslaugų poreikį 35- 65 metų amžiaus pacientams, besiruošiantiems protezuoti dantis, Kauno miesto dantų protezavimo klinikose. Tyrimo metodika (Methods). Tai momentinis tyrimas, kurio metu buvo įvertintas, pas burnos higienistą apsilankiusių asmenų, burnos higienos paslaugų poreikis.Tyrimas vyko 4 privačiose, atsitiktiniu būdu pasirinktose, Kauno miesto dantų protezavimo klinikose. Tyrimo metu buvo naudojama anoniminė anketa ir atliekamas objektyvus burnos higienos tyrimas. Iš viso apklausta 195 respondentai. Atsako dažnis 97,5 proc.. Duomenų statistinis patikimumas įvertintas χ² testu. Rezultatai (Results). Nemaža dalis (41,5 proc.) pacientų, nuo 35-65 metų amžiaus, nežino kaip dažnai reikia valyti dantis. Didelė dalis pacientų nežino, kokius dantų šepetėlius ir pastas reikia naudoti norint išvengti dantų ir dantenų ligų. Net 59,0 proc. pacientų, jaunesnių nei 45 metų amžiaus, jau nešioja dantų protezus, kurių nemoka prižiūrėti. Beveik pusė (46,2 proc.) visų tirtų pacientų niekada nesilankė pas burnos higienistą. Pagrindinė priežastis buvo žinių stoka. Daugiau nei pusei pacientų (53,8 proc.) vizitas pas burnos higienistą nebuvo pirmas. Didelei daliai jų jau buvo diagnozuotas gingivitas ar periodontitas. Net 71,3 proc. pacientų apie profesionalią burnos higieną išgirdo pirmą kartą tik iš gydytojo odontologo. Didelė dalis (84,6 proc.) pacientų nepriklausomai nuo lyties ir amžiaus, mano, kad tokia procedūra reikalinga norint... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study. To evaluate the need for oral hygiene services for 35- 65-year-old patients, who are going to make teeth prosthetics at the Clinics of Tooth Prosthetics of Kaunas City. Methods. The need for oral hygiene services of persons having visited oral hygienist was evaluated. Research was carried out in 4 private randomly chosen clinics of tooth prosthetics of Kaunas city. Anonymous questionnaires were used and objective oral hygiene examination was performed. 195 respondents in total were surveyed. A response rate is 97,5 %. Statistical data reliability was evaluated by χ² test. Results. 35-65 years old patients 41,5 % do not know how often the teeth should be cleaned. Many patients do not know what toothbrushes and toothpastes should be used to avoid tooth and gums diseases. Even 59,0 % of patients younger than 45 years old, already have tooth prostheses, which they are not able to handle. Nearly a half (46,2 %) of all examined patients have never visited oral hygienist. The main reason being lack of knowledge. For more than a half of patients (53,8 %) this visit to oral hygienist was not first. Significant proportion of them already has diagnosis of gingivitis or periodontitis. Even 71,3 % of patients heard about a professional oral hygiene for the first time only from odontologist. Many patients (84,6 %) irrespective their sex and age think that such a procedure is necessary to avoid lesions of teeth and gums. It was proved, that visit to oral hygienist has... [to full text]

The master’s degree job is on topic Dental Diseases Prevention Presumptions in a Schoolchildren Population. The object of this job is health care education. The purpose of this research is to evaluate dental diseases prevention presumptions in a schoolchildren population. The main tasks are: 1) to review health care education literature, 2) to evaluate children oral health status and need for dental prevention, 3) to analyze community health care specialists abilities realizable dental diseases prevention in schools, 4) to suggest some recommendations for dental prevention organization in schools. The review of literature has shown that in organization of dental diseases prevention should take part different institutions: government, municipalities, health care centers, schools and families. A prevalence of dental diseases will decline if all those institutions will interfere in organization and realization of prevention. It was examined the state of mouth and teeth of 3838 6-10 years old children in 47 Panevėžys children gardens and schools. The epidemiological survey has shown, that only 22 percent children has healthy teeth, and 78 percent children need dental treatment. There are a lot of 6-10 years old children with permanent teeth that are needed a sealing pits and fissures and a big amount are needed treatment. Oral hygiene status is not good for 41 percent of examined children. Children often need a consultation of dental specialists – orthodontist, oral surgeon... [to full text]

Pateikiami duomenys apie dantų gydymo baimės, nerimo paplitimą tarp 12-15 metų moksleivių bei su šiuo reiškiniu susiję veiksniai. / The results about dental anxiety and fear amnog 12-15 years old schoolchildren and related factors.

SUMMARY Aim of the study. To analyze how odontological help is provided to children in Kaunas City. Objectives. 1. To describe the volume, legal basis of odontological assistance for children. 2. To compare odontological assistance rendered to children in private and primary health care centres. 3. To forecast the opportunities of odontological assistance organization in the future. Methods. The investigated persons consist of Kaunas C. children of 1 – 18, children parents and heads of odontological institutions. A child is considered to be a statistic observance unit. The employed epidemiological investigation method is written interrogation: 200 questionnaires for children parents (168 questionnaires were returned) and 30 questionnaires for the heads of odontological institutions (7 questionnaires were replied by public, 23 – private teeth treatment institutions heads). The data of the questionnaire have been statistically evaluated by using SPSS 12 statistical program package. Results. More than half (51 percent) of parents take their children to private teeth treatment institutions. 30 per cent of children are treated in Public Institution Odontological Departments. In the school rooms 2 per cent of children are treated. The parent choice to take children to private odontological clinic has been determined by service quality (58.8 percent), doctor competence (49.4 percent) and variety of services (21.2 percent). The public teeth treatment institutions are chosen because... [to full text]

AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of orthodontic problems and quality of life in relation to orthodontic problems among adolescent children in the city of Chennai, India. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the differences in the need for orthodontic treatment among children in the public and private schools; to analyze the need for orthodontic treatment among the various socioeconomic groups; to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) among the children; to analyze the relationship between Quality of Life (QoL) and the need for orthodontic treatment. METHODS: 200 children participated in the study, out of which 100 were from the private school and 100 from the public school from the city of Chennai, India. Two sets of questionnaires were used for the study, one was filled by the children and the other was filled by the researchers and trained dental assistants after doing a thorough dental examination and asking questions from the participants. This was carried out according to the recommendations of WHO oral health assessment. Statistical data was collected, recorded and analyzed using the software SPSS 17.0 for Windows. RESULTS: The private school children had more orthodontic problems than the public school children (49% and 44% respectively). The need for Orthodontic Treatment was the highest in children under the rich category (56.4%), followed by the children under the poor category (45.3%) and is least among the children under the average category (44.4%). The Quality of Life was... [to full text] / TIKSLAS: Įvertinti ortodontinio problemas ir perspektyvas atsižvelgiant į ortodontinio problemas tarp paauglių vaikų mieste Chennai, Indija. TIKSLAI: Analizuoti skirtumus reikalingas Ortodontinis gydymas tarp vaikų, viešąsias ir privačias mokyklas; analizuoti kad ortodontinio gydymo tarp įvairių socialinių ir ekonominių grupių; vertinti gyvenimo kokybę (QoL) tarp vaikų; išanalizuoti ryšį tarp gyvenimo kokybę (QoL) ir ortodontinio gydymo poreikį. METODAI: 200 vaikai dalyvavo tyrime, iš kurių 100 buvo privati mokykla ir 100 iš viešųjų mokyklų iš miesto Chennai, Indija. Vienų, ir klausimynų buvo naudojami tyrimo, vienas buvo užpildyti vaikų ir kitų buvo užpildyti mokslininkų ir apmokyti dantų padėjėjai po daro dantų nuodugniai ir užduoti klausimus iš dalyvių. Tai buvo daroma pagal PSO burnos sveikatos vertinimo rekomendacijas. Statistiniai duomenys buvo renkami, įrašytos ir analizuoti naudojant SPSS 17,0 programinė įranga Windows. REZULTATAI: Privačios mokyklos vaikai turėjo daugiau ortodontinio problemų nei valstybinių mokyklų vaikai (atitinkamai 49 % ir 44 %). Ortodontinio gydymo poreikis buvo didžiausias vaikams pagal turtingas kategorija (56.4 %), po to vaikai iki prastos kategorija (45.3 %) ir kas tarp vaikų iki vidutinės kategorijos (44.4 %). Gyvenimo kokybė buvo nustatyta, kad geriau tarp vaikų, privačios mokyklos nei valstybinėse mokyklose (90,6 % ir 89.0 % atitinkamai). Vaikams, kurie neturėjo nei gera gyvenimo kokybė turėjo mažai arba visai nėra ortodontinio kai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]