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H.B. Nguendo Yongsi - Cameroon
Published in French in Tropical Dental Journal N° 177 - Volume 45 - Mars 2022 - 17-33
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Abstract
Background: Despite significant improvements in oral health worldwide, many people suffer from untreated oral conditions that cause preventable pain, decreased productivity, and decreased quality of life. The burden of oral diseases is particularly burdensome on disadvantaged population groups in developing countries, where those oral health conditions are major public health concerns.
Research objectives: The purpose of this study is to describe the burden of oral conditions and the influence of key socio-behavioural risk factors on the oral health in Bafia. Specifically, it involves identifying oral health indicators, determining key oral conditions in the population, and addressing associated risk factors.
Material and methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study ...
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. Oral diseases, while largely preventable, pose a major health burden for many countries and affect people throughout their lifetime, causing pain, discomfort, disfigurement and even death.
. It is estimated that oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people.
. Untreated dental caries (tooth decay) in permanent teeth is the most common health condition according to the Global Burden of Disease 2019.
. Treatment for oral health conditions is expensive and usually not part of universal health coverage (UHC).
. Most low- and middle-income countries are unable to provide services to prevent and treat oral health conditions..
. Oral diseases are caused by a range of modifiable risk factors, including sugar consumption, tobacco use, alcohol use and poor hygiene, and their underlying social and commercial determinants.
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