ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate whether oral health literacy (OHL) and school context are associated with untreated dental caries on the anterior teeth of adolescents. METHODS A representative cross-sectional study was conducted with 746 students aging 15 to 19 in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil...
Objetivo: Avaliar a experiência de cárie dentária e fatores relacionados em adolescentes de 15 a 19 anos de uma escola pública de Manaus-AM. Métodos: O delineamento do estudo foi do tipo transversal, cuja amostra foi constituída por 103 escolares. Para avaliar a cárie dentária...
Objetivo: determinar el riesgo de caries en pacientes de 6 a 12 años de edad, pertenecientes a las instituciones educativas para niños con necesidades especiales de la ciudad de Cuenca-Ecuador, 2016. Método: se realizó un estudio con diseño descriptivo, transversal, mediante la recolección de los d...
Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different follow-up consultation intervals on caries incidence in children with low caries risk. The study was composed of 224 children aged between 3 and 5 years and with low risk of caries. The children were randomly allocated into two ...
Abstract Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of dental caries, dental fluorosis, and molar-incisor hypomineralization, and their associations in a group of Brazilian schoolchildren. Methodology: Adolescents (n=411) were evaluated by two calibrated examiners for denta...
INTRODUCCIÓN: Determinar la situación de salud bucal en párvulos ingresados a un programa promocional-preventivo en la comuna de Melipilla durante el año 2018. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal realizado en 860 párvulos de entre dos a cinco años de edad matriculados en 17 e...
Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia y severidad de caries de infancia temprana severa y factores de riesgo asociados en una poblaciónn de niños de 6-36 meses de edad, que asisten a guarderías estatales del área metropolitana de la ciudad de Guatemala. Materiales y métodos: Diseño analítico transve...
Antecedentes: Existen pocas investigaciones que muestren cómo la caries de aparición temprana (CAT) afecta a la mayoría de los niños peruanos. Sin embargo, es aún menor la cantidad de estudios que muestran cómo la CAT y la necesidad de tratamiento (NTx) afectan la calidad de vida de los menores. Ob...
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the prevalence of self-reported trouble sleeping due to dental problems and its association with oral conditions in schoolchildren. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out with a representative sample of 1,589 schoolchildren aged 8-10 years enrolled in ...
Abstract The aim of this study was to identify if the prevalence of dental pain (past and / or present) is associated with caries experience in Mexican children, as well as to characterize factors associated with dental pain. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a consecutive sample of 309 children 2...
