Analysis of trend and polarization of dental caries in pre-schoolers: cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Valdeci Elias dos Santos Junior (Author), Joan Manuel Rodriguez Diaz (Author), Arnoldo Vasconcelos de Alencar Filho (Author), Maria das Graças Félix de Figueiredo (Author), Candida Augusta Rabelo de Morais Guerra (Author), Arnaldo França Caldas Junior (Author), Monica Vilela Heimer (Author), Aronita Rosenblatt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

Objective: to evaluate the tendency and polarization of dental caries in children 4-5 years of age, between 2006 and 2014. Method: this is a comparison of two similar cross-sectional studies that included 226 children each year. Clinical data were collected according to the criteria proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). A previously validated questionnaire was administered to parents or guardians of children, in order to obtain data related to family income. Results: 32.7% of children in 2006 and 35% in 2014 had at least one decayed tooth. The dmft index was 1.25 in 2006 and 1.40 in 2014, with no statistically significant difference (p> 0.05). It was verified that there is a higher concentration of dental caries in populations of lower economic status (p <0.05) for the years of analysis. Conclusion: the caries prevalence showed a tendency to remain constant after eight years of the baseline. Thus, the disease showed polarized, indicating a higher concentration of children whose families had worse socioeconomic conditions.

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