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2009-01-01

Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents

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Oral health, dental caries, adolescent health, Mexico (source, MeSH, NLM). (es)

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  • José O. García-Cortés Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
  • Carlo E. Medina-Solís Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Juan P. Loyola-Rodriguez Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
  • Jorge A. Mejía-Cruz Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
  • Eduardo Medina-Cerda Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
  • Nuria Patiño-Marín Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
  • América P. Pontigo-Loyola Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo

Objective Determining dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in students applying for degree courses at San Luis Potosi University (UASLP).

Material and Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out involving adolescents and young adults (16 to 25 years old) applying for undergraduate courses at UASLP (~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.

Results 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%).

Conclusions 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.

 

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García-Cortés, J. O., Medina-Solís, C. E., Loyola-Rodriguez, J. P., Mejía-Cruz, J. A., Medina-Cerda, E., Patiño-Marín, N. y Pontigo-Loyola, A. P. (2009). Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents. Revista de Salud Pública, 11(1), 82–91. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856

ACM

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García-Cortés, J.O., Medina-Solís, C.E., Loyola-Rodriguez, J.P., Mejía-Cruz, J.A., Medina-Cerda, E., Patiño-Marín, N. y Pontigo-Loyola, A.P. 2009. Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents. Revista de Salud Pública. 11, 1 (ene. 2009), 82–91.

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García-Cortés, J. O.; Medina-Solís, C. E.; Loyola-Rodriguez, J. P.; Mejía-Cruz, J. A.; Medina-Cerda, E.; Patiño-Marín, N.; Pontigo-Loyola, A. P. Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents. Rev. salud pública 2009, 11, 82-91.

ABNT

GARCÍA-CORTÉS, J. O.; MEDINA-SOLÍS, C. E.; LOYOLA-RODRIGUEZ, J. P.; MEJÍA-CRUZ, J. A.; MEDINA-CERDA, E.; PATIÑO-MARÍN, N.; PONTIGO-LOYOLA, A. P. Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents. Revista de Salud Pública, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 1, p. 82–91, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856. Acesso em: 18 abr. 2024.

Chicago

García-Cortés, José O., Carlo E. Medina-Solís, Juan P. Loyola-Rodriguez, Jorge A. Mejía-Cruz, Eduardo Medina-Cerda, Nuria Patiño-Marín, y América P. Pontigo-Loyola. 2009. «Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents». Revista De Salud Pública 11 (1):82-91. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856.

Harvard

García-Cortés, J. O., Medina-Solís, C. E., Loyola-Rodriguez, J. P., Mejía-Cruz, J. A., Medina-Cerda, E., Patiño-Marín, N. y Pontigo-Loyola, A. P. (2009) «Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents», Revista de Salud Pública, 11(1), pp. 82–91. Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856 (Accedido: 18 abril 2024).

IEEE

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J. O. García-Cortés, «Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents», Rev. salud pública, vol. 11, n.º 1, pp. 82–91, ene. 2009.

MLA

García-Cortés, J. O., C. E. Medina-Solís, J. P. Loyola-Rodriguez, J. A. Mejía-Cruz, E. Medina-Cerda, N. Patiño-Marín, y A. P. Pontigo-Loyola. «Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents». Revista de Salud Pública, vol. 11, n.º 1, enero de 2009, pp. 82-91, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856.

Turabian

García-Cortés, José O., Carlo E. Medina-Solís, Juan P. Loyola-Rodriguez, Jorge A. Mejía-Cruz, Eduardo Medina-Cerda, Nuria Patiño-Marín, y América P. Pontigo-Loyola. «Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents». Revista de Salud Pública 11, no. 1 (enero 1, 2009): 82–91. Accedido abril 18, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856.

Vancouver

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García-Cortés JO, Medina-Solís CE, Loyola-Rodriguez JP, Mejía-Cruz JA, Medina-Cerda E, Patiño-Marín N, Pontigo-Loyola AP. Dental caries’ experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents. Rev. salud pública [Internet]. 1 de enero de 2009 [citado 18 de abril de 2024];11(1):82-91. Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revsaludpublica/article/view/36856

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