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Revista Estomatológica Herediana

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MUNOZ CARDENAS, Diana del Carmen; ABANTO SILVA, Lillie Elizabeth; LEON-MANCO, Roberto Antonio  y  ZAVALETA BOZA, Carol Mónica. Dental caries in children with special needs from a low resource school in Peru. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2018, vol.28, n.4, pp.229-236. ISSN 1019-4355.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20453/reh.v28i4.3426.

Objectives: Determine dental caries prevalence of children from a basic educational center for special needs, Helen Keller school situated at Callao, Perú during 2015. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study on a sample of 30 children from the basic educational center for special needs, Helen Keller school. The data was collected from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) during 2015 at mentioned school. Children characteristics were analyzed (age, sex, systemic diagnosis) in frequencies, and dental caries prevalence. We analyzed dental caries per each tooth (DMFT/dmft index) and each surface (DFMS/dmfs index). Results: 90% (n=27) of scholars had dental caries. Mental retardation, was the most common condition (43.3%, n=13). We found a DMFT index of 2.0 (SD 3.8) and in deciduous teeth (dmft index) of 6.0 (SD 4.0). Conclusions: There is a considerable proportion of children that have dental caries in Basic educational center for special needs Helen Keller, Callao, Perú during 2015.

Palabras clave : Child; intellectual disability; dental caries; dental care for disabled.

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