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Caries experience in Chilean preschoolers using ICDAS criteria
Objectives: To determine prevalence and caries experience in preschoolers attending nursery schools of Lo Prado-Chile during 2015.
Methods: A cross sectional study, with a total of 227 preschoolers enrolled in the midlevel nursery school of the Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles(JUNJI), was performed in Lo Prado municipality. This study and informed consent was approved by Ethic Committee, Universidad de los Andes.
Clinical exams were performed at nursery school in field study conditions (June- October 2015). The exams were made by two calibrated examiners in ICDAS criteria. All ICDAS codes were recorded by dental surface and then merged according to three cutt-off points: with caries from code 1 (initial, moderate and severe lesions and restaurations),
with caries from code 3 (moderate and severe lesions and restaurations) and with caries from code 5 (severe lesions and restaurations), respectively. A descriptive analysis of the data was developed using Stata 14.
Results: Of the 227 preschoolers, 90 did not participate in obtaining a sample of 137, 49.6% were female and 25.4%, men and age mean was 2.8 years.The prevalence of caries for the first cut-off point was 42.2% (n: 93), with second cut-off was 41.6% (n: 57) and third cut-off point was 29.2% (n:40). The most affected teeth group was lower molar group (n:67 (48.9%)) and the least affected was lower incisor group (n:135 (98.5%)). For third cut-off point, the most affected was the lower molar group (n:28 (25.00%)) and the least affected the lower canine group (0%).
Conclusions: The prevalence of caries varies depending on the cut-off point used.
The lower molar group is the most affected, independent of the cut-off point.
This information is useful for public policies in order to reinforce the focus of preventing lesions in this teeth group first.
Methods: A cross sectional study, with a total of 227 preschoolers enrolled in the midlevel nursery school of the Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles(JUNJI), was performed in Lo Prado municipality. This study and informed consent was approved by Ethic Committee, Universidad de los Andes.
Clinical exams were performed at nursery school in field study conditions (June- October 2015). The exams were made by two calibrated examiners in ICDAS criteria. All ICDAS codes were recorded by dental surface and then merged according to three cutt-off points: with caries from code 1 (initial, moderate and severe lesions and restaurations),
with caries from code 3 (moderate and severe lesions and restaurations) and with caries from code 5 (severe lesions and restaurations), respectively. A descriptive analysis of the data was developed using Stata 14.
Results: Of the 227 preschoolers, 90 did not participate in obtaining a sample of 137, 49.6% were female and 25.4%, men and age mean was 2.8 years.The prevalence of caries for the first cut-off point was 42.2% (n: 93), with second cut-off was 41.6% (n: 57) and third cut-off point was 29.2% (n:40). The most affected teeth group was lower molar group (n:67 (48.9%)) and the least affected was lower incisor group (n:135 (98.5%)). For third cut-off point, the most affected was the lower molar group (n:28 (25.00%)) and the least affected the lower canine group (0%).
Conclusions: The prevalence of caries varies depending on the cut-off point used.
The lower molar group is the most affected, independent of the cut-off point.
This information is useful for public policies in order to reinforce the focus of preventing lesions in this teeth group first.