PREVALENCE OF DENTAL CARIES AND DMFT INDEX IN 12 YEARS OLD SCHOOL CHILDREN AT BAÑOS DISTRICT OF CUENCA 2016

Abstract

AIM Determine the prevalence of dental decay and DMFT in 12-year-old school children at Baños district of the city of
Cuenca. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, taking into account 104
epidemiological records of 12-year-old students. Students duly calibrated by an expert epidemiologist. The data taken was
enrolled in a database in the EPIINFO program version 7.2, which reflected epidemiological information of the year 2016.
RESULTS: The prevalence of caries was 67.31% and non caries 32.69%, the prevalence was more significant in women with
a percentage of 52.86% than in men presenting a prevalence of 47.14%; The DMFT index in the students was 3.69, which
did not have significant differences between male and female, showing values of DMFT between (3.89 and 3.55), respectively.
The severity in the students presented a 31.73%; providing a "very low" severity of caries disease. The dental group with the
highest prevalence of caries was the first lower molars, with percentage of tooth number 4.6 of 16% and tooth number 3.6 of
13%. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of caries in 12 years school children is high, since more than half presented it, with
a higher incidence in females.