Objective To understand the prevalence of dental caries among primary and secondary school students in Renshou County,and to provide data support for the next step of prevention and treatment of dental caries.Methods Cluster random sampling method was used to carried out a current situation survey.Dental caries data were collected from the physical examination data of students'common disease monitoring in 5 primary and secondary schools in Renshou County in 2022.Chi-square test was used to compare the difference of dental caries among the primary and secondary school students of different genders,grades and ages.SPSS 27.0 software was used,and the test level was α=0.05.Results A total of 1 878 primary and secondary school students were investigated.The results showed that the average caries of primary and secondary school students in Renshou County was 3.07,the caries rate was 69.06%,and the filling rate was 6.31%.The caries rate of girls(73.23%)was higher than that of boys(65.07%),and the difference was statistically significant(x2=14.639,P<0.001).The caries rate of primary school students(73.65%)was higher than that of secondary school students(62.88%),and the difference was statistically significant(x2=24.976,P<0.001).The filling rate of girls(7.64%)was higher than that of boys(4.78%),and the difference was statistically significant(x2=19.878,P<0.001).Conclusions The primary and secondary school students in Renshou County were at the levels of high average caries,high caries rate and low filling rate.Relevant departments should pay attention to the prevention and treatmentof dental caries in primary and secondary school students and improve their oral health level.
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