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Dental Treatment 2018 Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X Page 56
September 10-11, 2018
Zurich, Switzerland
25th International Conference on
Dental Treatment
Aim & Objective: This study aimed to identify self-care remedies
used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese in Khartoum state,
2016-2017, with assessment of related concerns such as
predisposing reasons, and consequences associated with this
usage.
Methods & Tools: The appropriate sample was obtained by non-
probability purposive sampling technique.Thedatawere collected
by investigator-handled community-based questionnaire and all
statistical analysis was done using IBM statistical package of
social science (SPSS) statistics version 22.
Results: The study included 384 participants (75.5% male, and
24.5% female). Age of the participants started from 18 years old
with most of the respondents aged between third to fifth decades
of life. The most frequently used remedy was cloves (33.8%)
alongside with a wide variety of other remedies. The potentiating
factors for this usage included personal preference (47.4%),
self-apprehension (23.7%), high costs and lack of dental health
services (22.4% and 5.2% respectively) and combination of some
reasons. Although a number of complications were associated
with those remedies such as pain (7.5%), burning sensation
(4.2%), irritation (2.3%), discoloration (2.1%), bad smell (1.3%),
73.2% of participants stated that they would encourage other
people to use those self-care remedies. This suggests a low level
of awareness about the risk of oral health problems among the
study population.
Conclusion: Cloves is the most commonly used self-care remedy
by the participants. Personal preference, among others, is the
most predisposing motive for this usage. Upgrading awareness
about risk of oral health problems, expanding health insurance
services to include dental health care services, and demonstration
of rational use of over-the-counter medicaments is needed.
Self-care remedies used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese
in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study
Bassam Maged Ahmed, Israa Ahmed Ali, Fatima Siddiq, Kinobe Muhamadi and
Mohammed Hassan Aljezooli
International University of Africa, Sudan
J Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C3-009