2013, Number 1
Dental Caries and oral hygiene in adolescents between 12 and 15 years. Northern Area, Sancti Spíritus. 2010
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ABSTRACT
Background: Dental caries is a multifactor disease and causes the deltal loss in early ages. Objective: to identify the behavior of dental caries and oral hygiene in adolescents between 12 and 15 from the doctor's offices 3 and 4 in the northern area, Sancti Spíritus, in a period from September to December 2010. Methodology: A transversal descriptive study was carried out. A population of 346 adolescents and a simple of 109 with inclusion criteria. The following variables were included, age, sex, rate of caries, lost and filled teeth, oral health, teeth affected by caries. A dental examination to each adolescent and the making of a patient file was carried out. Results: The majority of adolescents had dental caries, feminine sex prevailed and the ages between 14 and 15 years. The rate of caries, filled and lost of permanent teeth had a value of 5,3 and the molar were the dental organs of most frequency of caries. Conclusions: Feminine sex in adolescents had a great prevalence of dental caries associated to poor dental or oral hygiene, high rate of caries, filled and lost teeth and molars as the major dental organ affected.REFERENCES
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