Abstract
Introduction: Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia with the population scattered throughout the state. The oral health status of school children in Sabah was generally poor compared to other states according to the National Oral Health Survey of Schoolchildren 2017 (NOHSS 2017), whereby Sabah recorded the highest caries prevalence (63.3%) with the mean DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) of 2.07. This is likely attributed to poor access to oral health services and is complicated by the absence of water fluoridation. Water fluoridation was proven to be an effective population strategy to prevent dental caries. To compensate lack of fluoride exposure, a school-based fluoride mouth rinsing (FMR) programme was initiated in the late 1990s in Sabah. FMR is recommended as a community-based caries prevention strategy in fluoride-deficient areas with moderate to high dental caries risks. This study aimed to estimate caries-preventive effects of FMR in Sandakan Division, the East Coast of Sabah. Methods: This study is a retrospective study by comparing caries activity of school children from the same cohort year under FMR (intervention group
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-102,
title = {School-Based Fluoride Mouth Rinsing Programme in The East Coast of Sabah: A 5-Year Field Study},
author = {Wong Fui Jak and Pang Kin Tong and Asmahani Hj Aziz and Shahibul Afzan Wahab and Latifah Osman and Adis Rukag and Dg Sariah Jamarin and Rathmawati Ahmad and Zaiton H. Tahir},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-102.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH2022-P-102-POSTER-FINAL-b9afa8339561fb29a84e238e40c123fc.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia with the population scattered throughout the state. The oral health status of school children in Sabah was generally poor compared to other states according to the National Oral Health Survey of Schoolchildren 2017 (NOHSS 2017), whereby Sabah recorded the highest caries prevalence (63.3%) with the mean DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) of 2.07. This is likely attributed to poor access to oral health services and is complicated by the absence of water fluoridation. Water fluoridation was proven to be an effective population strategy to prevent dental caries. To compensate lack of fluoride exposure, a school-based fluoride mouth rinsing (FMR) programme was initiated in the late 1990s in Sabah. FMR is recommended as a community-based caries prevention strategy in fluoride-deficient areas with moderate to high dental caries risks. This study aimed to estimate caries-preventive effects of FMR in Sandakan Division, the East Coast of Sabah. Methods: This study is a retrospective study by comparing caries activity of school children from the same cohort year under FMR (intervention group},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Sandakan Divisional Dental Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia; Sabah State Deputy Director of Health (Oral Health), Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Caries, Fluoride, Fluoride Mouth Rinsing, Schoolchildren},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}