2003, Number 5
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Rev Mex Pediatr 2003; 70 (5)
Oral health indices in secondary schools students from a metropolitan area of Mexico City
Novales CXJ, Cancino MO, Oropeza SMV, Siciliano MM, Valdivia RSY, Rosas GG, Ávila VS, Sánchez MA, Vaquero CJE
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 237-242
PDF size: 78.40 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Objective. To evaluate the dental health of adolescents attended to high schools located in a metropolitan area of Mexico City.
Material and methods. A dental examination was carried out in 1,195 adolescents between 12 and 15 years; all of them were students attended to high schools. With the data obtained indexes IP, DMFT, and SIC were calculated. The dental examination was done by means of instrumental exploration and developing pills of bacterial plaque.
Results. It was found that the DBP was of 0.182; the DMFT was of 0.126 and the index SIC 3.40. The teeth more affected by decay they were the 46 and 36, for both sexes. Those that presented a bigger frequency of loss were the numbers 47 and 14, for both sexes, those most plugged ones were the 36 and 46 in females, and the 46 and 36 in males and the healthiest were the 32 an 42 in the women and 32 and 31 in the men.
Conclusions. There were not statistical differences in the indexes between males and females. The index SIC, 3.40, indicates that the dental health of the studied sample could be qualify as “moderate”, according to the criteria of the WHO. This organization consider as a goal an index of 3.0 for the year 2015. The DMFT index was 0.182; it is an indication that the dental health of the students was good.
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