The document discusses a research study assessing the oral health status of basic education students at Our Lady of Fatima University. It aims to determine the students' demographic profiles, most common oral conditions, and current oral health status in terms of caries formation, calculus deposits, and number of extractions. The study also compares oral health factors between elementary and high school students. Overall results found that over half of students experienced dental caries, with the condition being more prevalent in females. Most students also had supragingival plaque and calculus deposits. The Philippines generally has poor oral health among children according to national survey data.

1. Technical Composition 1
Adviser: Dr. Romeo T. Cruz Jr.
Members: Francisco, Elaine
: Pingol, Bernadette
: Sebastian, Ecclesiatica

2. “Assessment of the Oral Health
Status of
Our Lady of Fatima University
Basic Education students
As Provided by the Clinicians of
Dental Wellness Center”

3. Statement of the Problem
• Main Problem:
This research aims to assess the oral
health status of Basic Education
students in Our Lady of Fatima
University as provided by the clinicians
of College of Dentistry

4. Sub- Problem:
1. What is the demographic profile of the
students in terms of:
1.1 Age ? ,
1.2 Gender ? .

5. • Average Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (XDMFT) in the
Philippines by Age Group, 1987 – 2011
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Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website
• (icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)
•
Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website
(icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)

6. • Prevalence of Dental Caries by Age and Gender, Philippines,
2011
Reference: Manuel F. Calonge, DDM,DDPH on website
(icoh.anamai.moph.go.th/thai/files/Chief/Country...08.../Philippines.ppt)

7. Summary
• As a summary to the first question in the sub problem,
tackles about that the prevalence of decayed, missing,
and filling (DMF) by age (since 1987 to 2011) in the
Philippines, the group of age that comes first are the
65-74 or the older group among the other age group.
Every year, dentist wants to know the number of DMF,
to evaluate the patient proper hygiene. Furthermore,
the dental charting reveals that dental caries are more
rampant before than nowadays, that’s why dentist
encourage Filipinos to have some regular check-up
every six months.

8. Summary cont..
• In the demographic profile, noting about
the high prevalence in dental caries
particularly in gender, the highest dental
caries occur in females than the males.
Since the information reveals that this are
common in the female, due to some
reasons that the dental caries may occur.

9. Sub- Problem:
2. What are the most common oral
condition complaint each children
experience per age group?

10. The sample of this clinical prospective study conducted in
2010 and 2013, comprised a total of 166. patients (76
males and 90 females) who were referred to
paedodontic clinics of Princess Haya Hospital, Prince
Hashem Hospital, Marka Military Medical Centre, King
Hussein Medical Centre and Ameer Zaid Hospital Royal
Medical Services-Jordan Armed Forces–Jordan.
Most common chief complaint for the first visit was pain
(48.8%). Second common complaint was dental caries
(29.5%). . Other complaints are shown in Table 2.
•

11. Chief complaints among Jordanian children
TABLE 2: CHIEF COMPLAINTS
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
• Regular check up 16 9.6 9.6 9.6
• Dental pain 81 48.8 48.8 58.4
• Swelling 12 7.2 7.2 65.7
• Dental caries 49 29.5 29.5 95.2
• Trauma 8 4.8 4.8 100.0
Total 166 100.0 100.0

12. Sub- Problem:
3. What is the present oral health status of the
students in terms of:
3.1 Caries formation?,
3.2 Calcular deposit?,
3.3 Number of extraction?.

13. According to the Pedodontic clinics of Princess
Haya Hospital, Prince Hashem Hospital, Marka
Military Medical Centre, King Hussein Medical
Centre and Ameer Zaid Hospital Royal Medical ,
Services, the most common chief complaint of the
patient in the first visit in the dental clinic are was
pain with 48.8% due to some oral problems , the
second reason why the patient come to the clinic
was dental caries with 29.5% and other
complaints that are least chief complaints are the
swelling, trauma, and for regular check up.

14. As you can see, patient only consult to the
dentist when they already felt pain, but not
to have their mouth to be treated with
other proper oral hygiene that need to be
maintain. This may become a problem
when patient does not come for regular
check up for the dentist, because pain
may occur anytime if the oral hard and
soft tissues have a poor hygiene.

15. Sub- Problem:
4. Is there significant difference between the
elementary students with that of the high
school students in terms of:
– Caries formation?,
– Calcular deposit?,
– Number of extraction?.

16. Prevalence of dental caries among school children of Bharatpur
city, India
Healthy teeth and oral tissues and the need for oral health care are
important for any section of society. Oral disorders can have a
profound impact on the quality-of-life. Good oral health has real
health gains, in that it can improve general health and quality-of-life
and contribute to self-image and social interaction.
Epidemiologic studies may be of value in assessing the
prevalence of diseases, in disclosing trends in disease
development, and in analyzing possible factors influencing the
disease pattern.
In this study, among the total 1400 (100%) study subjects, 745
(53.2%) were boys and 655 (46.8%) were girls. Among both
government and private schools maximum school children were
boys, that is, 360 (51.4%) and 385 (55%) respectively, which is in
accordance to the study conducted by Adekoya-Sofowora et al.

17. Maximum number of school children, that is, 387
(27.6%) were from the age group of 15 years which is
in accordance with the study conducted by Pontigo-
Loyola et al.[ in which maximum number of school
children belonged to the age group of 15 years, that is,
850 (55.3%).
In this study, a maximum number of children, that is,
1176 (84%) brushed once in a day. These results are
in accordance with the study conducted by Shailee et
al.among both government and private school children
in which also a maximum number of children, that is,
620 (52.9%) brushed once in a day.

18. • In the total study population, 5.22 ± 2.68 was the mean DMFT.
Among the government and private school children, 7.61 ± 2.86
and 4.76 ± 2.42 was the mean DMFT observed, respectively. In
the study conducted by Wyne et al. 2.92 ± 3.51 was the mean
DMFT. Among the government and private school children, 2.85
± 3.41 and 3.05 ± 3.72 was the mean DMFT observed,
respectively.
• In this study, 742 (100%) were caries positive, out of which 392
(53%) were government school children and 350 (47%) were
private school children. In the study conducted by Piovesan et al.
of 141 (100%) caries positive school children, 86 (61%) were
government school children and 55 (39%) were private school
children.

19. The prevalence of dental caries and supragingival plaque and
calculus in 785 secondary schools students was assessed. More
than half (53.6%) of the students were caries-free, and the
majority of those with dental caries experience were aged 14–17
(68.1%) and females (53%). Mean DMFT was 1.26, with mean D-component
of 1.05, and molars were most affected. Most
students had supragingival plaque (74%) and calculus (56.9%)
and more so in males than females (푃 > 0 . 0 5). Less than half of
the students had experience of dental caries and those with
caries were mostly females and of the younger age group. The
low DMFT was contributed to the D-component, and molars were
the tooth type most affected.The majority of students had supra-gingival
plaque and calculus and more so in males than females.
Dental Caries, and Supragingival Plaque and Calculus among Students, Tanga, Tanzania
L. C. Carneiro1 and M. N. Kabulwa2

20. Sub- Problem:
5. What is the overall result in present oral
health condition of the basic education
students in Our Lady of Fatima
University?

21. What are the latest dental problems
statistics of the Philippines?
The oral health status of Filipino children is alarming. The
2006 National Oral Health Survey (Monse B. et al, NOHS
2006) investigated the oral health status of Philippine public
elementary school students. It revealed that 97.1% of six-year-
old children suffer from tooth decay. More than four
out of every five children of this subgroup manifested
symptoms of dentinogenic infection.

22. In addition, 78.4% of twelve-year-old children suffer
from dental caries and 49.7% of the same age
group manifested symptoms of dentinogenic
infections. The severity of dental caries,
expressed as the average number of decayed
teeth indicated for filling/extraction or filled
permanent teeth (DMFT) or temporary teeth
(dmft), was 8.4 dmft for the six-year-old age group
and 2.9 DMFT for the twelve-year-old age group
(NOHS 2006).