Abstract:
Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the time and sequence of emergence of permanent teeth of Baluchi children and compare them with other national and international reported data. Furthermore, to find out the effect of gender (male/female) type of schools (private/public); and relationship with height, weight, and body mass index of the children at the time of emergence. Methods: Systematic cluster random sampling procedure was used for sample selection. Two dentists along with 2 assistants visited 25 selected schools for data collection. Children with 'just erupted tooth' were selected for data collection. One thousand two hundred and sixty-seven selected children were examined. The selected children were examined for the status of emergence (not erupted, just erupted and erupted) in each tooth. Height and weight were measured and questions regarding food items usually consume in their families were recorded. Two independent samples 't' test, Pearson and partial corrections were used for comparisons and correlations. Results: Male children showed significant higher values of height, weight, and BMI as compared to the female children. Right 1st molars (#16 and #46) showed the lowest mean values of 5.5 and 5.6 years in upper and lower jaws, respectively. 2nd molars (#17 and #37) showed maximum mean values of 12.4 and 12.1 years in upper and lower jaws, respectively. Most of the mean values of male children were higher or equal to the female children. Most of the teeth showed higher values for private schools as compared to public schools. But none of above-mentioned differences were statistically significant. Twenty-two teeth showed significant correlation between emergence time and height of the children, while only 17 teeth showed significant correlation with weight. Conclusion: Mean eruption time of this study was higher than other national studies, but almost the same as other countries data. The eruption time of female children were insignificantly earlier than male children, which do not agree with other American, European African children. Time of emergence was delayed with increasing height, irrespective of the heavy or lightweight children. However, emergence time delayed with weight, if the child was also tall, but has no relationship with weight if the child is short
Page(s):
149-159
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Children
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Children
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Pakistan
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permanent teeth
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Dentition