COMPARACIÓN DE LOS NIVELES DE FLUOROSIS DENTAL EN ESCOLARES DE DOS MUNICIPIOS DE SANTANDER

Objective: To compare the levels of dental fluorosis in students between the 6 and 17 years old in two scholar institutions from two municipalities of Santander.Material and methods: An observational descriptive cross sectional study was done; the universe and the sample were integrated by the totality of scholars of two educational institutions for two municipalities of Santander. Sociodemographic variables, systemic conditions, perception of the teeth appearance, dental decay (COP index) and dental flurosis (Dean and Thysltrup & Fejerskov index) were registered. The statistic analysis implied the calculation of summary measures according to the nature of the variables; by bivariate analysis the municipality was considered like exit variable, for the qualitative variables Chi square and Fisher Exact test was applied and by the quantitative variables t student and Wilcoxon ranks test was used.Results: Three hundred forty and two students were evaluated, 249 subjects came from Oiba and 93 from Cepita. In Oiba, 80.7% subjects and 97.8% from Cepita registered dental fluorosis.Conclusions: Although the prevalence of fluorosis observed in Cepita were superior, the results must be look with discretion based on the differences of age between the two populations.

• Autores: Blanco A., Horacio; Durán A., Lizzeth; Neira R., Linda Nicole; Pourgoshtasbi V., Leyla; Carvajal P., Leidy Constanza; Concha S., Sonia Constanza
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37059
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1186; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37059
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud