Índice De Higiene Oral Simplificado en Escolares de 6 años de edad, Ecuador, 2016

Karen  Mora Bravo; Daniela  Calle Prado; Fernanda  Sacoto Figueroa

doi:10.59334/ROV.v2i33.404

Simplified Oral Hygiene Index in Schoolchildren of 6 years of age, Ecuador, 2016

Authors

Karen Mora Bravo Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Daniela Calle Prado Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Fernanda Sacoto Figueroa Universidad Católica de Cuenca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v2i33.404

Keywords:

Oral hygiene index, school children, dental plaque, plaque index, Epidemiologic Methods

Abstract

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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2020-12-11

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Mora Bravo, K., Calle Prado, D., & Sacoto Figueroa, F. . (2020). Simplified Oral Hygiene Index in Schoolchildren of 6 years of age, Ecuador, 2016. O.V., 2(33), 73–78. https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v2i33.404

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Vol. 2 No. 33 (18)

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