Estudio epidemiológico de caries dental en escolares del estado de Baja California, México, 2010

  1. Verdugo Díaz, Roberto de Jesús 1
  2. Llodra Calvo, Juan Carlos 2
  3. Sánchez-Rubio Carrillo, Ricardo Manuel 1
  4. Barreras Serrano, Alberto 1
  5. Sánchez-Rubio Carrillo, Raúl Armando 1
  6. Torres Arellano, María Eleuteria 1
  7. Zonta Rivera, Eduardo 1
  8. Gómez-Llanos Juárez, Haydee 1
  1. 1 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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    Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    Mexicali, México

    ROR https://ror.org/05xwcq167

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revista:
Universitas Odontológica

ISSN: 2027-3444

Año de publicación: 2013

Título del ejemplar: Universitas Odontologica

Volumen: 32

Número: 68

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

 Purpose: Determinate the prevalence and indexes of dental caries in the school population of the State of Baja California, Mexico, 2010. Methods: Cross-sectional study in schoolchildren carried out using the criteria and survey format provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), in three age groups (6, 12, and 15 years old), in the five municipalities of the state. Also, the results were analyzed in relation to sex and socioeconomic status of the school children. Interviewers were previously standardized (inter-examiner concordance kappa > 0.80). The associations between sex and parent occupation and dental caries indicators were analyzed with the χ2 test for frequencies and Anova for media effects (SAS 9.2 statistical package). Results: The prevalence of dental caries in primary teeth at age 6 years old was 60 %; it was 39 % in permanent dentition at age 12 and 52 % among 15 years old. No statistically significant association was found for the variable sex (p>0.05), but it was for the occupation of parents. The dmf-t index was 2.58 at 6 years of age, DMF-T 1.12 at 12 years, and 1.88 at age 15. Conclusions: The prevalence of dental caries in permanent teeth decreased from 67.96 % in 2001 to 39.53 % in 2010. According to the WHO, the DMF-T index 1.12 of 12 year-old schoolchildren from Baja California in 2010 is considered low, while it was moderate (DMF-T 2.51) in 2001. There was a higher prevalence of caries in schoolchildren with parents whose occupation requires lower education levels.

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