RESEARCHING SOME SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND TREATMENT OF ORAL DISEASE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF NAM DINH PROVINCAL POLICE

Hữu Bản Nguyễn1,
1 Luong The Vinh University

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Object: Evaluating the effectiveness of some solutions to manage, monitor and treat oral diseases for officers and soldiers of Nam Dinh Provincial Police. Subjects and research methods: A controlled community intervention study with 843 officers and soldiers of the Nam Dinh Provincial Police. Randomize each region of Nam Dinh province is 2 units and from 02 selected units, randomly select one unit for control group, one unit for treatment group, in each selected unit, select sample of all police officers and soldiers of each unit. Information was collected by questionnaires, research medical records through direct questioning and clinical examination. Results: There are 803 people (accounting for 95.2%) with dental disease, of which 766 (accounting for 90.8%) have dental caries and 797 people (accounting for 94.5%) have periodontal disease. The effectiveness of intervention in some oral diseases after 6 months of applying some management, monitoring and treatment solutions for oral diseases is 35%, for dental caries is 35.3%, for patients with dental caries is 35.3%. periodontal disease is 16.9%, for gingivitis is 14.7%, for periodontitis is 21.6%. Conclusion: The rate of oral diseases among officers and soldiers is very high and effective intervention is quite good when applying some solutions to manage, monitor and treat oral diseases for cadres and soldiers, should continue to be maintained. Maintain a number of solutions to manage, monitor and treat oral diseases for police officers and soldiers.

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