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    A report on oral health delivery to rural underserved communities oyo state using the mobile dental clinic
    (2018) Balogun, A.O.; Taiwo J.O.; Ipeaiyeda O.J.; Lawal F.B.; Ibiyemi O.
    In Nigeria, the distribution of health care facilities particularly oral health facilities is urban based. Consequently, the rural people have no access or minimal access to oral health care. Various studies have called attention to the increasing trend of oral diseases in Nigeria, especially in the rural areas. Mobile dental clinic transcends all barriers to oral health care including physical and cultural barriers through community outreach, to rural underserved areas. Therefore, this project set out to determine the oral health needs of poor underserved rural communities in Ibadan and to deliver oral health care at their doorsteps. Using the services of a mobile dental clinic, inhabitants in selected rural communities namely; Akufo, Olosun, Aremo and Ilaju were given oral health talk and treatment after their needs were determined using dental mirror, natural light, CPITN probe, caries probe. One hundred and thirty one people were examined and treated. Majority were from Yoruba tribe. More females (58.0%) participated in the study. Mean age of the participants was 42.4years (+10.4). Many (61.8%) of the participants had periodontal disease, tooth wear 24.4%, dental caries 16.0%. Majority of the participants had scaling and polishing (61.8%) as treatment, while 3.1% had atraumatic restorative treatment. Extraction was done for 6.8% of participants, while 27.5% were referred. Oral diseases, especially periodontal disease, tooth wear and caries are quite prevalent in underserved rural communities
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    Dental care seeking behaviour of children in a rural Nigerian community
    (2016) Lawal,F. B.; Ibiyemi, O.; Taiwo J.O.; Oke, G.A
    There is sparse information about oral health seeking behaviour of children in rural areas of developing countries. The aim of the study was to determine the dental care seeking behaviour of children attending the first rural based community oral health centre in Nigeria. A retrospective review of records of patients aged 16 years or younger treated at the Primary Oral Health Care Centre in Ibarapa, Nigeria over six years was conducted. Data on sociodemographic characteristics of the patients, pattern of presentation and their oral hygiene practices were collected and processed using SPSS. A total of 239 paediatric patients were seen during the period with a mean age of 9.7 ± 4.4 years and 132 (55.2%) were males. The majority, 225 (94.1%), were presenting for the first time. All the children sought dental care for one problem or the other and the most common reasons for seeking care were: tooth ache in 105 (43.9%), trauma in 30 (12.6%) and perceived unclean mouth in 20 (8.4%) patients. Older children were more likely to seek dental care because of pain (p < 0.001), while younger children sought care principally on account of trauma (p < 0.001) and the under 5 years were seen more often for gum ache (p = 0.006). The majority, 175 (73.2%), used toothbrush and 182 (76.2%) cleaned their teeth once daily. None of the children presented for routine check-up, rather, consultation was as a result of dental problems with toothache being the most common reason