Publications by authors named "A A Umweni"
Aim: To assess the impact of caries and its treatment on quality of life (QoL) in 12- to 15-year-old children in Benin, Nigeria.
Design: This was a cross-sectional study involving 1790 children. Clinical examinations were conducted using the WHO criteria for diagnosis and coding of caries.
Aim: This study was to assess the periodontal status of pensioners in Benin City and obtain baseline data.
Materials And Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study involved 250 subjects selected by systematic random sampling from three clusters of general, university and teaching hospital pensioners examined using the Community Periodontal Index index in four locations within Benin City.
Results: The percentages of the dentate subjects with healthy gingiva, bleeding on probing, calculus, shallow pockets and deep pockets were 2.
Prevalence and severity of dental caries among pensioners in Benin City, Nigeria.
Odontostomatol Trop
March 2009
Unlabelled: The aim of the current study was to describe the prevalence and severity of dental caries among a cross section of elderly pensioners from three groups of different work background in Benin City, Nigeria, as part of a general assessment of their oral health status.
Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey of two hundred and fifty-two pensioners (182 males and 70 females) aged 50-85 years selected by stratified and systematic random sampling were studied. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain demographic data.
Objectives: To determine the objective orthodontic treatment need of a group of school children and a referred population using the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) and establish the relationship between subjective and objective orthodontic treatment need.
Participants And Methods: The study groups were 250 school children and 157 children referred to the orthodontic unit of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC). They assessed their need for treatment, their dental casts were also assessed by the examiner (K.
Objectives: To investigate Nigerian children's and their parents' satisfaction with the children's facial and dental appearances and their desire for orthodontic treatment, and to compare their assessments of treatment need with those determined by an orthodontist.
Methods: The subjects were 242 11-14 year-old schoolchildren randomly selected from private and public schools in the Ife Central Local Government area, Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to obtain information from the children and their parents of their liking of the facial and dental appearances of the children and the need and desire for orthodontic treatment.