Abstract

ESPINOZA SOLANO, Miguel  and  LEON-MANCO, Roberto Antonio. Prevalence and experience of dental caries in different faculty students at peruvian private university. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.3, pp.187-193. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objectives: Describe the prevalence and experience of dental caries in students on faculty at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia(UPCH),Lima, Peru, in 2012. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, observational and retrospective study, worked with records of 2 data bases (Base 1: Base 2 3454 records: 3417 records) students from UPCH provided by the administrative area of the Teaching Dental Clinic ofthe same institution. The variables were the prevalence and experience of dental caries (DMFT and DMF S indices) as faculties, statistical tests used were Chi-square and Kruskall Wallis, with a confidence level of 95% and p<0.05, the program was used SPSS statistical v. 20.0. Results: Association of the prevalence of dental caries (p <0.01) and mean difference of DMFT and DMFS indices (p <0.01) was found as faculties in UPCH.  Conclusions: Statistically significant differences between the prevalence and experience of dental caries in students is evidencedby faculties of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima - Peru, in 2012.

Keywords : Epidemiology; dental caries; social determinants health; social gradient.

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