Trend and polarization of dental caries in pre-schoolers

Revista Cubana de Estomatología

de Alencar Filho, Arnoldo Vasconcelos¹  Rosenblatt, Aronita¹  Rodriguez Diaz, Joan Manuel¹  dos Santos Junior, Valdeci Elias¹  Vilela Heimer, Monica¹  Félix de Figueiredo, Maria das Graças¹  Rabelo de Morais Guerra, Candida Augusta¹  França Caldas Junior, Arnaldo¹ 

[1] University of Pernambuco, Brazil

关键词: caries dental;    niños;    epidemiología;    salud oral;   

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学科分类：基础医学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective: to evaluate the tendency and polarization of dental caries in children 4-5 years of age, between 2006 and 2014.Method: this is a comparison of two similar cross-sectional studies that included 226 children each year. Clinical data were collected according to the criteria proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). A previously validated questionnaire was administered to parents or guardians of children, in order to obtain data related to family income.Results: 32.7% of children in 2006 and 35% in 2014 had at least one decayed tooth. The dmft index was 1.25 in 2006 and 1.40 in 2014, with no statistically significant difference (p> 0.05). It was verified that there is a higher concentration of dental caries in populations of lower economic status (p <0.05) for the years of analysis.Conclusion: the caries prevalence showed a tendency to remain constant after eight years of the baseline. Thus, the disease showed polarized, indicating a higher concentration of children whose families had worse socioeconomic conditions.

【 授权许可】

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