Caries prevalence and need of student' s treatment
J. res. dent
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2(4): [314-320], jul.-ago2014.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
Investigating dental caries prevalence and the need of student's treatment in a small municipality. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A population composed by 217 students was studied, 161 (74.2%) from the urban zone and 56 (25.8%) from the rural zone, resident in Independência, Rio Grande do Sul. The indexes DMFT and dmft for dental caries were used, and the need of dentistry treatment was evaluated according to codes and criteria from Projeto SB Brasil, 2010.RESULTS:
Regarding to the presence of dental caries, it was observed that 83.8% (93) of the students presented caries at 06 years old, and 94.3% (100) at 12 years old. The dmft at 6 years was 4.17 and DMFT at 12 years was 3.53. Regarding to the need of treatment, 71.8% (156) of students needed some type of attention, and the surface restoration was the most prevalent.CONCLUSION:
High prevalence of dental caries was found, both at 6 and 12 years old (4.17 and 3.53) respectively, and 71.8% needed some type of treatment. The most prevalent treatments were dental surface restoration, dental extraction and sealing pits and fissures.
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Main subject:
Child
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Epidemiology
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Dental Caries
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J. res. dent
Journal subject:
Dentistry
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Sa£de Bucal
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Lutheran University of Brazil/BR
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University of Santa Cruz/BR
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