Authors : Elham Niknejad and Vahid Alinejad
Abstract: In this study, we examined only the first permanent molar tooth’s decay and the relationship between children’s age and gender with the duration of dental decay; we also investigated the effects of visiting dentist in teeth deterioration. In this study, the information such as age and gender were collected by proposed checklist. Finally, we examined children’s molar tooth in terms of the interval time between their first visit to dentist and the time of extraction or filling. In this research, a retrospective study of 207 children was examined of whom 97 (46.9%) were male and 110 (53.1%) were female. The average age of the children who visited a dentist was 19.995±70.72 months; this average age for girls was 18.914±69.62 months and for boys was 21.185 ±71.97 months. Statistically, these differences are not significant. Also, the variables of the time of first visit and last visit before the decay of tooth number 6 were effective in the decay of this tooth. Demographic characteristics in different societies have different effects in the first molar tooth’s decay. On the other hand when the aging and oral hygiene increase, the dental caries decreases, so it is recommended that the decay of molar tooth be prevented and treated effectively by different teaching in schools or families.
Elham Niknejad and Vahid Alinejad, 2016. Factors Affecting the Duration of Decay of the First Permanent Molar Tooth. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 36-38.