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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• García-Cortés, José O
• Medina-Solís, Carlo E
• Loyola-Rodriguez, Juan P
• Mejía-Cruz, Jorge A
• Medina-Cerda, Eduardo
• Patiño-Marín, Nuria
• Pontigo-Loyola, América P

Titel

Dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents and young adults

Ist Teil von

• Revista de salud pública (Bogotá, Colombia), 2009-02, Vol.11 (1), p.82-91

Ort / Verlag

Colombia: Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Determining dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity in students applying for degree courses at San Luis Potosi University (UASLP). A cross-sectional study was carried out involving adolescents and young adults (16 to 25 years old) applying for undergraduate courses at UASLP (approximately 10 %, n=1 027). Two standardized examiners undertook dental examinations; DMFT index, prevalence (DMFT>0), severity (DMFT>3 and DMFT>6) and significant caries index (SiC) were calculated. STATA 9.0 non-parametric tests were used for statistical analysis. Mean age was 18.20+/-1.65; 48.0% were female. The DMFT index was 4.04+/-3.90 and caries prevalence was 74.4%. Regarding caries' severity, 48.8% had MDFT>3 and 24% DMFT>6. The SiC index was 8.64. Females had higher caries experience than males (4.32+/-4.01 cf 3.78+/-3.78; p<0.05), but similar prevalence and severity (p>0.05). Age was associated with both experience (p<0.001) and prevalence (p<0.01) and to differing degrees of caries' severity (p<0,001). The "filled teeth" component had the highest DMFT index percentage (63.6%) and "missing teeth" the lowest (11.4%). High dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity were observed in this sample of adolescents and young adults. Restorative experience was high (59.5%) compared to studies carried out in other parts of Mexico and Latin-America.