ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to estimate the experience, prevalence and severity of dental caries in 1-5 year-old children attending day care centers in a low and middle-low socioeconomic area. Methods: 659 children who were attending day care centers in the North Eastern area of the city of Medellin were examined. A calibrated (intra examiner Kappa 0.77 and inter examiner 0.71) examiner registered dental caries lesions, using International Caries Assessment and Detection System (ICDAS) criteria. Dental caries experience was calculated according to age, gender and distribution levels of severity. Results: using ICDAS criteria, 69.7% of children had early childhood caries (ECC), the average affected surfaces was 5.12 (±7.5), with ...
The prevalence of early childhood caries has been increasing rapidly globally, however, the highest ...
Introduction: Caries in early childhood is very common since there are different risk factors such a...
Objective: To describe the occurrence of caries in children of the Colombian Family Welfare Institut...
ABSTRACT: The lack of information on dental caries limits the actions of the program called “Allianc...
RESUMEN: La identificación de desigualdades en salud es un paso hacia el análisis de inequidades, te...
ABSTRACT: To estimate the experience of dental caries among five-year-olds from Medellín, Colombia. ...
Background. To present dental caries in primary dentition becomes a risk factor for developing...
ABSTRACT: Analyzing dental caries conditions of 12-year-old population allows verifying how much of ...
ABSTRACT: The purpose was to establish non treated dental caries prevalence and treatment needs in 1...
Dental caries is a destruction of the mineralized tissues of the tooth and is the most prevalent chr...
Objective: To determine the effect of dental caries on the quality of life of pre-school children. M...
In the present study, Childhood Illnesses (CI) detected in dental care were associated with sociodem...
La finalidad de la investigación fue determinar la incidencia de caries de acuerdo al índice cariado...
Abstract Early childhood caries (ECC) affects the 12% to 98% of the population and is ...
Objective: To estimate the experience of dental caries among five-year-olds from Medellín, Colombia....
The prevalence of early childhood caries has been increasing rapidly globally, however, the highest ...
Introduction: Caries in early childhood is very common since there are different risk factors such a...
Objective: To describe the occurrence of caries in children of the Colombian Family Welfare Institut...
ABSTRACT: The lack of information on dental caries limits the actions of the program called “Allianc...
RESUMEN: La identificación de desigualdades en salud es un paso hacia el análisis de inequidades, te...
ABSTRACT: To estimate the experience of dental caries among five-year-olds from Medellín, Colombia. ...
Background. To present dental caries in primary dentition becomes a risk factor for developing...
ABSTRACT: Analyzing dental caries conditions of 12-year-old population allows verifying how much of ...
ABSTRACT: The purpose was to establish non treated dental caries prevalence and treatment needs in 1...
Dental caries is a destruction of the mineralized tissues of the tooth and is the most prevalent chr...
Objective: To determine the effect of dental caries on the quality of life of pre-school children. M...
In the present study, Childhood Illnesses (CI) detected in dental care were associated with sociodem...
La finalidad de la investigación fue determinar la incidencia de caries de acuerdo al índice cariado...
Abstract Early childhood caries (ECC) affects the 12% to 98% of the population and is ...
Objective: To estimate the experience of dental caries among five-year-olds from Medellín, Colombia....
The prevalence of early childhood caries has been increasing rapidly globally, however, the highest ...
Introduction: Caries in early childhood is very common since there are different risk factors such a...
Objective: To describe the occurrence of caries in children of the Colombian Family Welfare Institut...