ANÁLISIS DE FACTORES ASOCIADOS A FLUOROSIS DENTAL MEDIANTE APLICACIÓN DE LA FICHA DE NOTIFICACIÓN DE EXPOSICIÓN A FLÚOR EN LAS CLÍNICAS ODONTOLÓGICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS, 2014

Objective: to describe the basic clinical characteristics and the level of dental fluorosis in the patients of the dental clinics of the Universidad Santo Tomás through the record notifiable exposure to fluoride in the USTA 2014.Methods: the population consisted of 144 children between the ages of 6 and 12, who attend dental consultations and have dental fluorosis, the sample size was calculated using the Epi-Info, version 3.2.2 program. A cross sectional study was conducted.Results: the mean age of the participants was 8.2 years, the most common socioeconomic stratum was 2 (40.3%), the most frequent fluorosis classification was mild (51.4%), presence of caries was detected in the Majority of patients (85.4%). The children were responsible for brushing in 66% of cases, it is common to brush twice a day (52.1%), that the amount of cream they use most is 3/3 of the head of the brush (50 %) And toothpaste intake during brushing was 38.2%.Conclusions: factors related to the inadequate use of toothpaste continue to play an important role in the incidence of dental fluorosis, socioeconomic status is a major factor in terms of health and hygiene habits and oral care. The need to improve education regarding adequate oral hygiene habits such as brushing frequency, amount of cream to be used and timely accompaniment in the first years of the child’s life is detected, to avoid alterations such as fluorosis.

• Autores: Cañas Vera, Olga Viviana; Velásquez Torres, Andrea Carolina; Zapata Rey, Geyme Paola; Tirado Santamaría, Francisco
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37098
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1733; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37098
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud