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Rev Odont Mex 2011; 15 (2)

Prevalence of early childhood caries and socioeconomical level

Montero CD, López MP, Castrejón PRC

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 96-102
PDF size: 251.44 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a particularly destructive form of the dental structures mainly affecting children less than 3 years old. Objective: To determining if there is an association between early childhood caries prevalence and socioeconomic status in children who attended for the first time to a pediatric dentistry clinic at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) during the 2006-2007 scholar period. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 100 children between 12-48 months old was undertaken. Early Childhood Caries presence was determined throughout an oral examination and a well structured questionnaire to parents in order to establish their socioeconomic status. Results: The prevalence of Early Childhood Caries within the surveyed population was 59.5%, and there was statistically difference by gender or age (χ2 = 43.27 p = 0.001). Respect, the average of decay affected teeth for the surveyed children population was higher (2.8 ± 1.75) when the father had technical or professional education (F = 4.5, p = 0.01) and when the mother had mid-high or high school education. (3.05 ± 2.69) (F = 3.9, p = 0.02). When children consumed 3 or more sod as daily, there was an increase within the average (1.91 ± 2.06) (F = 3.3 p = 0.03) of teeth being indicated for extractions. (When consuming 2 or more sweets daily, there was also an increase for the number of extractions (2.09 ± 2.07) (F = 4.6 p = 0.12). Conclusions: The prevalence of ECC was high and the educational level of the parents and dietary habits of the children were directly related with the presence of tooth decay of the surveyed underage patients.


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