Majid, Z. Abdul and Zain, R.B. (1988) The dental health of factory workers in Pasir Gudang, Johor (Malaysia). Dental Journal of Malaysia, 10 (1). pp. 38-41.
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Abstract
A study on the oral health status of 198 factory workers (in Antara Steel, Pasir Gudang, Johor) was carried out in November 1986. The subjects were predominantly male (94%) and Malay (91%) with an average age of 27.4 years. The prevalence of caries was 87.4% with a mean DMFT of 7.1 ? 5.4. There were 3 subjects with full upper, lower dentures and 16 subjects with partial dentures. Two subjects examined needed dentures but were not wearing them. Thirty five (17.7%) of those examined needed urgent extractions, and 8 needed emergency treatment for fillings. Enamel opacities were found in 141 subjects (75.6%) but only 9 were aware of these defects. Dental health was very poor with 72% examined needing scaling. Seventeen (9%) had gross supra and subgingival calculus. There was a total of 107 (54%) smokers and heavy nicotine stains were found in 41 (20.7%), of the population examined. Examination of soft tissues showed 111 (56%) subjects with recurrent aphthous ulcers whilst 15 (7.6%) suffered from herpes labialis. Five subjects (2.5%) suffered from denture stomatitis whilst the prevalence of other soft tissue lesions was very low.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Prof. Dr. Rosnah Mohd Zain, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Oral squamous cell carcinoma, OSCC, lichenoid lesions, lichen planus, oral cancer, oral tumours, pemphigus, traumatic eosinophilic granuloma, aphthous ulcers, oral mucosal lesions, betel chewers mucosa, betel quid related lesions, betel quid, areca quid, tobacco quid, oral cancer screening, training and calibration, early detection, oral cancer awareness, biobanking, tissue bank, databank, oral cancertissue bank, research credibility, research ethics, Adult; Dental Health Surveys; Female; Human; Malaysia; Male; Mouth Diseases; Oral Health |
| Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RK Dentistry R Medicine > RK Dentistry > Oral surgery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Dentistry > Dept of Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine & Periodontology |
| Depositing User: | Prof. Dr. Rosnah Mohd Zain |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2012 03:16 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2014 02:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/2433 |
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