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Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: To describe the experience and prevalence of dental caries in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years belonging to agricultural manual worker households. Material and Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in two groups of schoolchildren: One considered “children of agricultura...

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Autores principales: Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José, Mendoza-Rodríguez, Martha, Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina, Márquez-Rodríguez, Sonia, Mora-Acosta, Mariana, Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia, Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes, Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo, Maupomé, Gerardo
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020099
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author Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José
Mendoza-Rodríguez, Martha
Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina
Márquez-Rodríguez, Sonia
Mora-Acosta, Mariana
Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia
Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes
Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo
Maupomé, Gerardo
author_facet Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José
Mendoza-Rodríguez, Martha
Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina
Márquez-Rodríguez, Sonia
Mora-Acosta, Mariana
Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia
Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes
Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo
Maupomé, Gerardo
author_sort Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José
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description Objective: To describe the experience and prevalence of dental caries in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years belonging to agricultural manual worker households. Material and Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in two groups of schoolchildren: One considered “children of agricultural worker migrant parents” (n = 157) and the other “children of agricultural worker non-migrant parents” (n = 164). Epidemiological indices for dental caries were calculated for primary (dmft) and permanent (DMFT) dentitions, and compared in terms of age, sex, and the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (SOHI). Two binary logistic regression models for caries prevalence in primary and permanent dentitions were generated in Stata. Results: For primary dentition, we observed the following dmft index: Non-migrants = 1.73 ± 2.18 vs. migrants = 1.68 ± 2.14. Additionally, we recorded the following caries prevalence: Non-migrants = 59.1% vs. migrants = 51.3%. For permanent dentition, we observed the following DMFT index: Non-migrants = 0.32 ± 0.81 vs. migrants = 0.29 ± 0.95. Further, we recorded the following caries prevalence: Non-migrants = 17.6% vs. migrants = 12.8%. No differences were observed for either dentition (p > 0.05) in caries indices and their components or in caries prevalence. When both caries indices (dmft and DMFT) were combined, the non-migrant group had a higher level of caries experience than the migrant group (p < 0.05). No relationship (p > 0.05) with migrant status was observed in either multivariate models of caries prevalence. However, age did exhibit an association (p < 0.05) with caries. Only the plaque component of SOHI was associated (p < 0.05) with caries in permanent dentition. Conclusions: Although over half of school children from agricultural manual worker households had caries in either or both dentitions and a considerable proportion were untreated lesions, the prevalence levels were somewhat lower than other reports from Mexico in similar age groups. No statistically significant differences were found in caries experience or prevalence in either dentition between non-migrant and migrant groups.
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spelling pubmed-79131242021-02-28 Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José Mendoza-Rodríguez, Martha Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina Márquez-Rodríguez, Sonia Mora-Acosta, Mariana Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo Maupomé, Gerardo Children (Basel) Article Objective: To describe the experience and prevalence of dental caries in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years belonging to agricultural manual worker households. Material and Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in two groups of schoolchildren: One considered “children of agricultural worker migrant parents” (n = 157) and the other “children of agricultural worker non-migrant parents” (n = 164). Epidemiological indices for dental caries were calculated for primary (dmft) and permanent (DMFT) dentitions, and compared in terms of age, sex, and the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (SOHI). Two binary logistic regression models for caries prevalence in primary and permanent dentitions were generated in Stata. Results: For primary dentition, we observed the following dmft index: Non-migrants = 1.73 ± 2.18 vs. migrants = 1.68 ± 2.14. Additionally, we recorded the following caries prevalence: Non-migrants = 59.1% vs. migrants = 51.3%. For permanent dentition, we observed the following DMFT index: Non-migrants = 0.32 ± 0.81 vs. migrants = 0.29 ± 0.95. Further, we recorded the following caries prevalence: Non-migrants = 17.6% vs. migrants = 12.8%. No differences were observed for either dentition (p > 0.05) in caries indices and their components or in caries prevalence. When both caries indices (dmft and DMFT) were combined, the non-migrant group had a higher level of caries experience than the migrant group (p < 0.05). No relationship (p > 0.05) with migrant status was observed in either multivariate models of caries prevalence. However, age did exhibit an association (p < 0.05) with caries. Only the plaque component of SOHI was associated (p < 0.05) with caries in permanent dentition. Conclusions: Although over half of school children from agricultural manual worker households had caries in either or both dentitions and a considerable proportion were untreated lesions, the prevalence levels were somewhat lower than other reports from Mexico in similar age groups. No statistically significant differences were found in caries experience or prevalence in either dentition between non-migrant and migrant groups. MDPI 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7913124/ /pubmed/33546186 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020099 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José
Mendoza-Rodríguez, Martha
Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina
Márquez-Rodríguez, Sonia
Mora-Acosta, Mariana
Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia
Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes
Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo
Maupomé, Gerardo
Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort experience and prevalence of dental caries in 6 to 12-year-old school children in an agricultural community: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020099
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