Received 13.04.2025

DOI: 10.35556/idr-2025-3(112)36-40

Dental status of children aged 1 to 5 years in Moscow who applied for dental care
Zueva T.E., ORCID: 0000-0002-5489-5888
Kiselnikova L.P., ORCID: 0000-0003-2095-9473
Golikova A.S., ORCID: 0009-0009-9991-6476
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian University of Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
127006, Russia, Moscow, Dolgorukovskaya St., 4

E-mail address: tatyana_zueva@mail.ru

Summary
Dental caries remains the most widespread chronic disease among the pediatric population of the Russian Federation. One of the peculiarities of the course of carious process in children is its active course with rapid development of complications. There is an increase in the incidence of dental caries in children at an early age.
The aim. To study the peculiarities of the dental status of children aged 1 to 5 years who sought dental care in the State Autonomous Establishment “Dental Polyclinic No. 35 of the Moscow City Health Department”.
Material and methods. Dental examination of 119 patients aged from 1 to 5 years, who applied for dental care in the dental polyclinic, was carried out. Caries intensity was assessed according to the “kpu” index, hygiene indices, the frequency and nature of lesions of temporary teeth of different groups were analyzed. Previous dental treatment was evaluated.
Results and discussion. The prevalence of dental caries among children was 100 %. Dental examination revealed a high level of caries intensity in children aged 1 to 5 years (5.59). The values of hygiene indices indicated an unsatisfactory level of oral hygiene. When analyzing the group affiliation, the majority of the examined children had lesions in the anterior group of temporary teeth (62.18 %). Evaluation of the structure of diseases revealed that the predominant diagnosis was caries of temporary teeth.
Conclusion. It was found that complaints of pain and discomfort during cleaning and eating, as well as complaints of aesthetic dissatisfaction, prevailed among the reasons for seeking dental care.
The examined children required treatment for dental caries (67,59 %) or complications such as pulpitis (28,1 %) and periodontitis (4,31 %). The majority of children sought dental care for the first time (79,83 %), while only 20,17 % of the examined children had previously received dental treatment.
The results obtained indicate a high need for dental treatment for children aged 1 to 5 years, the need for dental education among parents and mandatory preventive examinations from the first year of life.

Keywords: examination, dental caries, dental status, children.

For citation: Zueva T.E., Kiselnikova L.P., Golikova A.S. Dental status of children aged 1 to 5 years in Moscow who applied for dental care. Stomatology for All / Int. Dental Review. 2025; no. 3 (112): 36–40 (in Russian). doi: 10.35556/idr-2025-3(112)36-40

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