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The Prevalenve And Impact Of Oro-Facial Pain Among 12-year-old School Children In An Epidemiological Survey Setting

Jaafar N. (Nasruddin Jaafar), and Razak I.A., (2002) The Prevalenve And Impact Of Oro-Facial Pain Among 12-year-old School Children In An Epidemiological Survey Setting. Annals of Dentistry, 9 (1). pp. 11-16. ISSN 0128-7532

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University of Malaya. Faculty of Dentistry. Dept. of Community Dentistry
University of Malaya. Faculty of Dentistry. Dept. of Community Dentistry

Abstract

The objective of the study was to attempt to verify the cause of self-reported oro-facial pain among 12-yearold children, objectively via a clinical examination. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional survey using a combination of self-reported questionnaire, face-to-face interview and clinical oral examination. The children were first asked to answer a self-filled questionnaire about their oro-facial pain experience in the past 4- weeks. In order to verify its cause, a clinical examination and an interview followed. Normative oral health status data was also collected. The sample was 1492 Malay schoolchildren with diverse socioeconomic background from the states of Johore, Kelantan and Sabah. The sample size for each state was calculated to give a sampling error of not more than 5 %. In each state, quota sampling was done to achieve a balanced distribution between gender and location. The data collected were normative status for caries, periodontal disease and traumatized teeth. Orofacial pain experience represented the subjective status for oral well-being. The cause of pain was confirmed through a clinical examination. The normative oral health status data implies a very low untreated disease and good oral health among the schoolchildren. However the subjective health status, as reflected by the prevalence of pain suggested that oro-facial pain and suffering was high (27.3%) with about 49% "of moderate and severe" intensity. The two main causes were caries and mouth ulcers. However in about onequarter of pain cases, diagnosis cannot be confirmed in the field survey setting. More than one-half of those with pain experienced disturbed sleep and study. It was concluded that overall oral health status and well-being can be better described if normative data is complemented with subjective data such as pain prevalence. The study shows that the majority (more than 75 %) of cases of subjective pain can be objectively verified in a field epidemiology survey setting. The reliability of the subjective data can be improved by a clinical examination as compared to unverified self-report. The study also confirms that the major source of oro-facial pain among the 12 year-olds were caries and mouth ulcers.

Item Type:Journal
Additional Information:We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Oral Health Division Ministry of Health Malaysia and schools in the Ministry of Education in Kelantan, Johore and Sabah involved in the survey. The research was funded by Research Grants (Fl07 /94, F227/95 and F249/96) received from the University of Malaya
Keywords:oral epidemiology, oral health status, orofacial pain, dental pain.
Subjects:R Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing
ID Code:2035

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