Estudio de distribución y frecuencia de caries en preescolares de alto riesgo social

Objectives: The present study establishes on the local scene, a pattern of distribution and severity of dental caries in a preeschool children population with high social risk, in orden to offer necessary datta for resource scheduling of oral health programs. Methods: A descriptive, correlationa...

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Publicado en:Revista de la Facultad de Odontología
Autores principales: Cabrera, Diego Federico, Fernández, Claudia Nélida, Vuoto, Elena Rosa
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Sumario:Objectives: The present study establishes on the local scene, a pattern of distribution and severity of dental caries in a preeschool children population with high social risk, in orden to offer necessary datta for resource scheduling of oral health programs. Methods: A descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional purposive sample of 150 preschoolers with 4 and 5 years old, of both sexes, with caries activity, belonging to public schools from deprivated urban areas from Pedro Molina District-Mendoza- Rep. Argentina, whose parents had signed informed consent. It were recorded caries lesions by tooth and site, and caries severity according to ICDAS II (Pitts, 2004). Frequency distribution were established for the variables tooth, site and ICDAS II category. To establish associations between variables, chi-square test was applied with a significance level of 0.05. Results: 1 st and 2 nd molars were the most affected, mainly 75 and 85. The value 6 of ICDAS II was the most frequent (43.42%), followed by values 3 and 5. The 84 had a greater frequency of grade 6 values. The occlusal surface was the most affected (42.6%). Association between tooth and category of ICDAS II and between tooth and site of injury were found for 55, 64, 84, 75 in occlusal surfaces, and for 52, 51, 61, 62, 63 in mesial surfaces. Conclusions: The distribution and severity of caries in primary dentition of the studied children showed a high frequency of carious lesions in molars, with complex treatment needs, that should find its counterpart in a prepared health system to solve the multifactorial problem of early childhood caries.