Vélez-León Eleonor María, Albaladejo-Martínez Alberto, Cuenca-León Katherine, Encalada-Verdugo Liliana, Armas-Vega Ana, Melo María
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
School of Dentistry, Catholic University of Cuenca, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador.
Dent J (Basel). 2022 Oct 1;10(10):185. doi: 10.3390/dj10100185.
In Ecuador, national epidemiological surveys have not been updated; however, some regional studies in the northern areas of the country still report a high prevalence of dental caries. The aim of this study was to determine the experience, severity, and need for treatment of dental caries in school children aged 6 to 12 years in urban and rural settings in three provinces of southern Ecuador. This cross-sectional, relational study examined 1938 schoolchildren in the provinces of Azuay, Cañar, and Morona Santiago. The survey instruments were based mainly on the WHO manual Methods of Oral Health Surveys (dmft) for primary and permanent dentition (DMFT), as well as the prevalence, severity, and Significant Caries Index (SCI). The parametric Student's t-test was used to compare two groups, and the Spearman's Rho and Tau-c Kendall correlation coefficients were used to associate the categorical variables. Results: The prevalence of caries in the primary dentition was 78% and 89.2% in the permanent dentition. The dmft (M = 4.12, SD = 2.86) and DMFT (M = 3.62: SD = 3.07) placed the general group in a moderate caries index. The need for treatment was 90.68% in the primary dentition, while it was 87.99% in the permanent dentition. Caries severity in both dentitions was high (M = 7.74; SD = 3.42). Conclusions. Alarming indicators of caries experience and the need for treatment were observed in the population studied.
在厄瓜多尔，全国性的流行病学调查尚未更新；然而，该国北部地区的一些区域研究仍报告龋齿患病率很高。本研究的目的是确定厄瓜多尔南部三个省份城乡6至12岁学童龋齿的患病情况、严重程度及治疗需求。这项横断面相关性研究对阿苏艾省、卡尼亚尔省和莫罗纳 - 圣地亚哥省的1938名学童进行了检查。调查工具主要基于世界卫生组织的《口腔健康调查方法》手册，用于乳牙和恒牙列（DMFT），以及患病率、严重程度和龋均指数（SCI）。使用参数化的学生t检验比较两组，使用斯皮尔曼等级相关系数和肯德尔Tau-c相关系数关联分类变量。结果：乳牙列的龋齿患病率为78%，恒牙列的龋齿患病率为89.2%。乳牙龋均（M = 4.12，标准差 = 2.86）和恒牙龋均（M = 3.62，标准差 = 3.07）表明总体人群处于中度龋齿指数。乳牙列的治疗需求为90.68%，恒牙列的治疗需求为87.99%。两个牙列的龋齿严重程度都很高（M = 7.74，标准差 = 3.42）。结论：在所研究的人群中观察到了令人担忧的龋齿患病情况和治疗需求指标。
