Simplified Oral Hygiene Index in Schoolchildren of 6 years of age, Ecuador, 2016
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https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v2i33.404Keywords:
Oral hygiene index, school children, dental plaque, plaque index, Epidemiologic MethodsAbstract
Introduction: Oral health has a dynamic relationship with the general health and quality of life of patients.
Objective: of the study was to determine the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index in 6 year-old children of the Chiquintad of the Cantón Cuenca, in the year 2016.
Methods: A sample of 51 schoolchildren of both sexes was used, the Hygiene Index was used Simplified oral of Greene and Vermillion applied in deciduous dentition consisting of a soft plaque index and calcified plaque index.
Conclusions: The mean of IHO-S in the Chiquintad parish was 0.458 without presenting a significant difference between the sexes. The level of oral hygiene was good in both sexes (90%), there was no statistically significant difference between the two (p value 0.389).
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