Oral health and risk factors for oral disease in pregnant women, boys and girls 0-3 years old and their mothers

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  • María Gabriela Chavarría Fonseca Caja Costarricense Seguro Social

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v1i22.283

Keywords:

Oral health, pregnancy, epidemiology, health promotion, baby, clinic, primary prevention

Abstract

This article is the product of a non-experimental, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, which analyzed the oral condition and risk factors for oral disease in pregnant women, children from 0 to 3 years of age and their mothers, who attended a consultation from March 2012 to December 2013 at the Healthy Baby Clinic in Dentistry at the Doctor Ricardo Jiménez Núñez Clinic, in the Goicoechea DOS Health Area of ​​the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, using the epidemiological indexes: CPOD Index, ceo-d Index, the Modified Löe & Sillness Periodontal Index and the Caries Risk Factor Questionnaire. The population analyzed consisted of 739 subjects: 197 pregnant women, 271 children from 0 to 3 years of age and their 271 respective mothers.

The results obtained in the population are: in the group of pregnant women a prevalence of caries of 41.62% was found, a group CPOD Index of 7.35, poor control of bacterial plaque in 15.23% and a group Modified Löe & Silness Index of 7.35. In the group of mothers of boys and girls, the prevalence of caries was 41.7%, the group CPOD index was 8.03, poor plaque control was 39.48% of them, and the group Modified Löe & Silness Index was 14. In the child population, the prevalence of caries was 4.06%, the group ceo-d index was 0.37, the prevalence of poor plaque control was 2.58% of boys and girls, the group Modified Löe & Silness Periodontal Index was 1.73, and the Caries Risk Index was 31.35. Within these risks, it is noteworthy that 59.78% use a pacifier as a means of feeding and that 71.6% of children fall asleep with their mouth uncleaned.

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2015-01-01

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Oral health and risk factors for oral disease in pregnant women, boys and girls 0-3 years old and their mothers. (2015). Odontología Vital, 1(22), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v1i22.283

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