Author(s)

Massamba Diouf^1*, Mababou Kebe², Mamadou Lamine Guirassy³, Mbathio Diop¹, Abdoulaye Diouf⁴, Aida Kanoute¹, Jean-Claude Guinan⁵, Amadou Dieng¹, Abou Dramane Sanghare⁵, Daouda Cisse¹, Daouda Faye¹, Cheikh Mbacké Lo¹

¹Public Health Service, Department of Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
²Dental Office, Military Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
³Service of Periodontology, Department of Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
⁴Service of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
⁵Public Health Service, Faculty of Dentistry, Felix H Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Introduction: Due to its health, social and economic morbidity, dental caries leads to absenteeism and a drop in school performance among schoolchildren. The objective of this work is to study dental caries and its determinants in pupils known as Children of Troop (CT) of the “Military School of Saint Louis” (MSS). Method: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Recruitment was exhaustive. The collection was made at the school and has covered the period of March 10 throughout June 13, 2014 in an individual interview, based upon a deliberate consent, using a questionnaire drawn up on the basis of the variables studied. The bivariate analysis was done with the Epi Info software version 3.5.3. Results: The mean age of CT was 14.9. The prevalence of caries was 61.2%. Determinants related to caries were: sugar intake between meals (OR = 6.44 [3.4 - 11.9]); insufficient tooth brushing (OR = 14.3 [8.8 - 23.29]); (OR = 3.84 [2.38 - 7.14]) and for regular dental visits (OR = 5.26 [3.44 - 8.33]), with the last dental visit dating back more than one year. Conclusion: In the face of challenges of school performance of CT, it is necessary to set up a control plan focusing mainly on the factors identified and associated with dental caries in military school.

Military School, Child of Troop, Dental Caries, Determinants

Diouf, M. , Kebe, M. , Guirassy, M. , Diop, M. , Diouf, A. , Kanoute, A. , Guinan, J. , Dieng, A. , Sanghare, A. , Cisse, D. , Faye, D. and Lo, C. (2017) Dental Caries and Associated Determinants among Students of the Military School of Saint Louis (Senegal). Open Journal of Epidemiology, 7, 299-306. doi: 10.4236/ojepi.2017.74024.