Oral Health Status and Patterns of Dental Service Utilization of Adolescents in Lesotho, Southern Africa.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to characterize the best predictors for unmet dental treatment needs and patterns of dental service utilization by adolescents in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa. A self-reported 40-item oral health survey was administered, and clinical oral examinations were conducted in public schools in Maseru from August 10 to August 25, 2016. Associations between psychosocial factors with oral health status and dental service utilization were evaluated using simple, bivariate, and multivariate regressions. Five hundred and twenty-six survey responses and examinations were gathered. The mean age of student participants was 16.4 years of age, with a range between 12 and 19 years of age. More than two thirds (68%; n = 355) of participants were female. The majority reported their

SUBMITTER: Jessani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7915077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature