Prevention of Dental Caries in Nigeria: A Narrative Review of Strategies and Recommendations from 1999 to 2019.

Objectives: This narrative review aimed to show the approaches recommended for the prevention of dental caries in Nigeria by epidemiological surveys (P), primary preventive methods and strategies,( I) comparison preferred by experts (C) in the prevention of dental caries (O).

Methods: An electronic literature search of some databases such as Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar, African Journal Online (AJOL) and Medline was conducted using these keywords delimited by Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT: "dental caries" "prevention" "Nigeria. Epidemiological studies using WHO criteria published in English between 1999 and 2019 were included in this study.

Oral health trends and service utilization at a rural outreach dental clinic, Udo, Southern Nigeria.

Background: The oral disease burden in Nigerian rural areas is considered high with limited dental services. Normative need assessment to facilitate oral health promotion and interventional activities is essential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dental service utilization and trends of patents attending a rural outreach dental clinic.

A preliminary assessment of the periodontal status of elderly pensioners in Benin City, Nigeria.

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.

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.