Magnitude of dental caries, missing and filled teeth in Malawi: National Oral Health Survey

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• 作者：Kelias Phiri Msyamboza ; Enock Phale ; Jessie Mlotha Namalika…
• 关键词：Oral health ; Dental caries ; Non ; communicable diseases ; Sub ; Saharan Africa ; Malawi
• 刊名：BMC Oral Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：444 KB
• 刊物主题：Dentistry; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6831

文摘

Background Oral health problems are significant cause of morbidity particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, routine health management information system data over the years showed that oral health problems were one of the top ten reasons for outpatient attendance. However, to date, no national oral survey has been carried out to determine the prevalence of oral health problems.