Perfil epidemiológico escolar en proyecto de vinculación UCSG. “Familias y comunidades saludables”.

Abstract

Introduction: Oral diseases are a public health problem around in the world, the most prevalent oral pathologies according to the WHO are dental caries, periodontal disease and malocclusion. When kids suffer one of these pathologies, they have mood swings due to discomfort, pain and low self-esteem due to aesthetic reasons, affecting their daily life. Objective: Determine the dental epidemiological profile in schoolchildren participating in the Linkage Project, of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the UCSG “Families and healthy communities”. Materials and Methods: It is a quantitative descriptive study, with a non-experimental, cross-sectional and retrospective design. The sample consisted of 198 schoolchildren, the dental clinical history was evaluated and the knowledge about preventive measures was analyzed through a survey of schoolchildren and 127 parents. Results: The caries index CPO-D=1.79 and ceod=4.10, the O-HIS of 1.85, 70% had class I malocclusion, 95.46% of the schoolchildren needed restorative treatments and the level of knowledge improved in 22 .46% among parents and 31.25% among students. Conclusions: This epidemiological profile revealed low caries severity in permanent teeth and moderate caries in deciduous teeth, regular oral hygiene and a prevalence of type I malocclusion, a 95.46% need for restorative treatment and the need to improve knowledge of preventive measures in schoolchildren. and parents.