Prevalence of caries and periodontal disease in students of stomatology
Keywords:
dental caries, periodontal diseases, dental hygiene, students.Abstract
We propose to describe the prevalence of caries and periodontal disease in dentalstudents and to determinate the association with demographic variables. A crosssectional
descriptive study. The
sample
was selected
stratified
probability
style
and
corresponded
to 234 students
in the University
of Cartagena
Dentistry.
The clinical
measurements
were
made
through
the levels
COP, ICDAS
II, INTCP,
simplified
oral
hygiene
Green and Vermillion. In addition,
measured the age,
sex and
socioeconomic
stratum.
We performed
univariate analysis
(frequency
distributions
and
averages) and bivariate
analysis
using the X
test statistic for statistical
significance. The overall prevalence of caries experience in the subjects involved
was 55.9 % (95 % CI 49-62), being higher initial injuries. On the COP-S, the
average was 10.1 (SD= 5.5), even observe higher for the group of students over
26 years (p= 0.05) and students who belong to layer one (low) (p= 0.03).
Students presented a high burden of oral disease, but according to the severity of
most events, these are early stage, allowing prompt diagnosis to prevent
progression of these patology.
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