Prevalencia cariogénica de acuerdo a los criterios del ICDAS en molares temporarios inferiores UCSG-A 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries is a chronic multifactorial disease, which is generated from dental eruption causing the destruction of dental tissues and advancing in severity until the formation of a cavity. There are several methods for the detection of dental caries among them is the International System for the Detection and Diagnosis of Caries (ICDAS), which is designed by criteria and unified codes and specializes in the visual diagnosis of clean teeth being useful in clinical practice, research and development of public health programs. Objective: Determine the percentage of caries that occurs in the lower temporary molars according to the criteria mentioned by the ICDAS. Materials and methods: A sample of 42 patients between 5 and 8 years of age was taken, obtaining a total of 168 lower temporary molars in which the presence of affected faces was determined using the ICDAS evaluation method. Results: It is obtained that the code with the highest prevalence was code 1 and in relation to the severity (codes 4-5-6) the most affected face was the occlusal face. The first lower left molars had the largest number of affected faces with 26.43%. Discussion: From the different studies we can obtain that the high sugar intake, the low frequency of tooth brushing and the increase of bacterial plaque are correlated with the incidence and progression of dental caries being the most prevalent codes of ICDAS 1 and 2.