IADR Abstract Archives
Caries Prevalence in childrens of Río Puelo, southern Chile. 2016-2018
Objectives: Dental caries is a process that starts due to a break between tooth and plaque fluid balance, resulting in a loss of minerals from tooth surface. Its clinical sign is the localized destruction of hard tissues. In Chile, there has been a high prevalence of 2-year-old children with cavitated lesions. This is the reason why various prevention programs have been implemented. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of active caries lesions in 2 to 5-year-old childrens in the period between the years 2016 to 2018.
Methods: The prevalence of dental caries was identified according to age and gender in 2 to 5-year-old childrens institutionalized between the years 2016 to 2018 in “Mis Primeros Pasitos” kinder garden and “Río Puelo” rural school, examined in the “Sembrando Sonrisas” dental health program. The data were recorded according to the DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth) index.
Results: In the period between the years 2016 to 2018 it was observed:
Table 1. Mean DMFT by age and year.
Table 2. Prevalence of carious lesions by age, gender and year.
Conclusions: A fluctuation in the prevalence of caries lesions was observed during these 3 years. In 2-year-old childrens, the highest rates were in the years 2016 and 2018 with a 60% prevalence. In 4-year-old children, highest rates were in 2016 with a 76.47% prevalence. These results are higher than the national mean values, which may be due to rurality, geographical isolation, small sample size and low fluoride exposure
Methods: The prevalence of dental caries was identified according to age and gender in 2 to 5-year-old childrens institutionalized between the years 2016 to 2018 in “Mis Primeros Pasitos” kinder garden and “Río Puelo” rural school, examined in the “Sembrando Sonrisas” dental health program. The data were recorded according to the DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth) index.
Results: In the period between the years 2016 to 2018 it was observed:
Table 1. Mean DMFT by age and year.
Table 2. Prevalence of carious lesions by age, gender and year.
Conclusions: A fluctuation in the prevalence of caries lesions was observed during these 3 years. In 2-year-old childrens, the highest rates were in the years 2016 and 2018 with a 60% prevalence. In 4-year-old children, highest rates were in 2016 with a 76.47% prevalence. These results are higher than the national mean values, which may be due to rurality, geographical isolation, small sample size and low fluoride exposure