Prevalencia de fluorosis dental en niños de 7 a 11 años de edad atendidos en las clínicas odontológicas de la USTA en el primer periodo del 2014

Abstract

Establish the prevalence of dental fluorosis in children aged 7 to 11 years old treated in dental clinics Usta in the first period of the 2014. Materials and Methods: The type of study is observational, descriptive and cross-sectional prevalence. Results: The children are mostly between 7 and 8 years of age 58 (58 %) belong to the socio- economic level one mostly 66 (66 %), with provenance Bucaramanga 48 (48%) and almost all live in the city 99 (99%). The vast majority children use toothpaste 99 % , of them twice a day 56%, consume 97% cream , do not use silk or respond to the frequency of use if the entire 96 %, as does the mouthwash 95%. Children from the town of Bucaramanga have dental fluorosis 42 (87.5%) there is statistical significance of p = 0.003. Children using toothpaste have dental fluorosis 81 (81.8 %) with statistical significance of p= 0.038. There is a relationship between dental fluorosis and water consumption of call, with statistical significance of p=0.00. Conclusions:It is concluded that more than half of children between 7 and 11 years of age consume tap water have dental fluorosis. The factors associated with the presence of dental fluorosis in children in the study are, in order: the provenance, toothpaste intake and consumption of tap water.