Dental caries index, sociodemographic factors in children from 4 to 13 years of the community initiative for peace program

Abstract

Dental caries is an oral disease of high prevalence and incidence worldwide, this is an important public health problem since the majority of the population has had some experience of dental caries. This study aims to estimate the rate of dental caries in children from the Initiative for Peace community program from 4 to 13 years old in the years 2019-2020, according to sociodemographic and economic factors. It has a quantitative, descriptive, observational and cross-sectional research approach. The sample consisted of 23 patients of both sexes between the ages of 4 and 13 years of the community program Initiative for Peace in Ciudad Delgado El Salvador. The index of dental caries in permanent and deciduous teeth was evaluated and a survey was carried out on parents to evaluate sociodemographic factors. It was found that the prevalence of dental caries in the temporary dentition of the children of the community program Initiative for Peace is 100% and in the dentition permanent of 69.23%. In addition, there is a high rate of bacterial plaque of 44%, which contributes to the high prevalence of dental caries in the children of the program. Among the sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors that affect the high prevalence of dental caries, it is a population of low socioeconomic level, the parents of the children have a low level of education in oral health, which can influence the high risk index. of dental caries of the children of the community program Initiative for Peace.