Peña Fernández M, Bermejo Fenoll A
Universidad de Alicante.
Av Odontoestomatol. 1990 Apr;6(4):280-4.
An epidemiological study of dental caries amongst preschoolers (aged between 4 and 6 years) from the city of Alicante has been carried out. The influence of the socioeconomic class as well as higienic and diet habits on the appearance dental caries of deciduous teeth has been evaluated. From a total population 7,289 preschoolers, a representative sample of 1,292 children was obtained by the sampling process of a stratified randomization. A statistical significant association was found between socioeconomic class and dental caries (p less than or equal to 0.05), being the lower classes the more prone to dental caries. Higienic habits of the examined children were clearly inadequate; 75.62% of preschoolers showing dental plaque. There was a statistical significant relationship between dental plaque and caries (p less than or equal to 0.05). The ingestion of candies has been shown to be also related with dental caries. Those children who never eat candies showed a prevalence of dental caries of 30.84%, whereas the prevalence increased up to 44% in cases of frequent ingestion of sugared food.
对阿利坎特市4至6岁学龄前儿童的龋齿情况进行了一项流行病学研究。评估了社会经济阶层以及卫生和饮食习惯对乳牙龋齿发生的影响。在7289名学龄前儿童的总人口中，通过分层随机抽样过程获得了1292名儿童的代表性样本。发现社会经济阶层与龋齿之间存在统计学上的显著关联（p小于或等于0.05），较低阶层更容易患龋齿。被检查儿童的卫生习惯明显不足；75.62%的学龄前儿童有牙菌斑。牙菌斑与龋齿之间存在统计学上的显著关系（p小于或等于0.05）。已表明糖果的摄入也与龋齿有关。那些从不吃糖果的儿童龋齿患病率为30.84%，而经常摄入含糖食物的儿童患病率则高达44%。
