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Publication COVID-19 and current implications on pediatric dentistry(Galenos Yayınevi, 2020-10-26) Çubukçu, Çiğdem Elbek; ELBEK ÇUBUKÇU, ÇİĞDEM; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi/Pedodonti Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0002-1480-2907; AAH-2726-2021Publication Dental health status and affecting factors of preschool children: A pilot study(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2021-12-01) Çubukcu, Çiğdem Elbek; ELBEK ÇUBUKÇU, ÇİĞDEM; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi/Pedodonti Anabilim Dalı; 0000-0002-1480-2907; AAH-2726-2021Introduction: Dental caries is an important public health problem in Turkey as in many countries. The incidence of dental caries is also high in preschool children. The aim of this study is to discuss the dental caries experiences of kindergarten students in Bursa and the factors affecting their level of dental caries.Materials and Methods: A stratified random sample was composed from students in a private kindergarten in Bursa in 2021. Intraoral examinations in children were performed using disposable mirrors and a head lamp. The validated questionnaire, which was prepared to examine the possible factors affecting the level of dental caries, was filled by the parents(s) of the children. Dental caries experience was recorded with the dmft index. Multivariate ANOVA was used to study the relationship between dental caries experience and past oral health-related behaviors.Results: One hundred and fifty children (49% male) with a mean age of 4.7 +/- 0.5 years were evaluated. The mean decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) score of the evaluated children was 5.3 +/- 0.7. The draft score of 35% of the children was found to be 0.87% of decayed teeth are untreated. A significant relationship was found between dental caries experience and oral health-related habits, parents' education level and their knowledge levels on dental health. However, the relationship between family income and dental caries experience is insignificant.Conclusion: The incidence of early childhood caries was high in this study. Dental caries experiences are linked to oral health behaviors and parental education level and dental knowledge level.Publication Dental caries severity and related factors of 1307 Turkish boarding school children(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-10-01) Cubukcu, Çubukçu. Elbek; Ercan, İlker; Özkaya, Güven; ELBEK ÇUBUKÇU, ÇİĞDEM; ERCAN, İLKER; ÖZKAYA, GÜVEN; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi/Pedodonti Anabilim Dalı; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Biyoistatistik Bölümü; 0000-0002-2382-290X; 0000-0003-0297-846X; 0000-0002-1480-2907; A-4421-2016; AAH-2726-2021; ABF-2367-2020Background: In Turkey, dental caries is a disease which still has been considering as a real public health problem. School children of lower socioeconomic status had greater caries experience and higher caries severity in both primary and permanent dentitions. Aims: To determine the frequency of dental caries and its related factors among boarding school children. Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional study. We examined 1307 boarding school children aged 7-14 for caries status and its related factors. Data on dental health and its related factors were obtained from the archive of Ege Oral Health and Dentistry Association. Comparisons of caries severity (as decayed/missing/filled primary teeth, dmft/decayed/missing/filled permanent teeth, DMFT and significant caries index,) and examination years were made. Caries trend were also identified. Correlations between caries severity and its related factors were also performed. SPSS 20.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results: DMFT and SiC for DMFT of all children were 2.35 and 5.04, respectively. 70-year-old had the highest dmft, whereas 14-year-olds had the highest DMFT. No correlation was found between decreased dmft and tooth brushing frequency, regular dental check-ups, and oral hygiene status. There was a weak correlation between decreased DMFT and increased number of dental visits in 2008 and 2009. In children received more than one examination and/or treatment (n = 269), the SiC index for dmft was 10.52 in 2002. In 2004, the index decreased to 3.57. The SiC for DMFT was 4.09 in 2002 and 2004. No correlation was identified between decreased dmft and DMFT and tooth brushing frequency, regular dental check-ups, and oral hygiene status both for the years of 2002 and 2004. The mean dmft of 32 children had prophylaxis for dental caries in 2002 was significantly decreased in 2004. Conclusion: Caries prevalence and severity of boarding school children were high even they were followed-up regularly.Publication Self-awareness of x, y, and z generations for dental health: A comparative clinical study(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-10-01) Çelik, Z. C.; Çubukçu, C. E.; ELBEK ÇUBUKÇU, ÇİĞDEM; Özkaya; ÖZKAYA, GÜVEN; 0000-0003-0297-846X; AAH-2726-2021; A-4421-2016Background and Aim: Generation defines as a group of people who were born in a same interval of year and shares similar life events at critical developmental stages, values, behaviors, and significant reactions. The aim of this clinical study was to assess self-awareness of dental health of X, Y, and Z generations in Turkey. Materials and Methods: Total of 239 individuals were divided into three homogenous groups X Generation (X Gen; n = 80), Y Generation (Y Gen; n = 80), and Z Generation (Z Gen; n = 79) by their date of birth 1965-1980; 1981-2000; 2001-2013, respectively. Self-rated caries status, frequency of tooth brushing, frequency of dental visits, and actual caries status were recorded. Self-awareness was calculated as the extraction of the numbers of actual caries and self-rated caries and coded as o Caries. Results: Mean Dental caries status was recorded using the number of decayed, missing or filled teeth (dft/DMFT) was 4.92 for X Gen; 4.68 for Y Gen; 3.66/3.51 for Z Gen individuals, respectively. Actual caries and self-rated caries were significantly incompatible with each other in all study groups (<0.001). oCaries were insignificant in X, Y, and Z Generations (>0.05); nevertheless, self-awareness (self-rated caries = actual caries) of Z Gen were found numerically more (23%) compared to other groups. Tooth-brushing habits of all individuals were mostly once-a-day (>0.05). Mean frequency of dental visits were once in a 3.5; 2.9; 1.5 years for X, Y, and Z Gens, respectively. Conclusion: There is no significant correlation between frequency of dental visits and self-awareness measures. Oral health education should urgently point out for all generations by dental professionals, media, and governmental authorities including preventive methods, oral hygiene instructions all aimed at preventing caries and raising self-awareness.