Prevalencia de caries dental según el índice CPOD y ceod en escolares de 7 – 10 años de la escuela Julio María Matovelle, del barrio La Banda, ciudad de Loja período octubre 2019-marzo 2020

Abstract

Dental caries is a chronic multifactorial disease, it affects the majority of the child population, it is characterized by the softening of the hard tissues of the tooth reaching the point of forming cavities, Streptococcus mutans being the responsible bacteria which, when associated with a cariogenic diet, a susceptible host for a while can cause this pathology. To this, we add social, socioeconomic, demographic and cultural factors, especially in rural sectors where, due to demographic conditions, the population is vulnerable. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of childhood dental caries according to the CPOD and CEOD index and its relationship with diet and place of origin, in 45 students aged 7-10 years from the Julio Matovelle school, A quantitative, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study was developed, the SPSS (V. 22) program was used for statistical analysis; using frequency tables and the chi-square Pearson test, whose confidence level is 95%. It was obtained that 89.9% of the students present dental caries, according to the cpod index 86.7% of the students suffer from caries, while according to the CPOD index, the caries is found in 35.6% of the students. The relationship between dental caries and cariogenic diet consumption was also determined using the Pearson's Chi-Square test, resulting in permanent dentition p = 0.05 (p = <0.05) and, p = 0.013 (p = <0, 05) in deciduous dentition, establishing a statistically significant relationship. Likewise, the relationship of caries prevalence with the place of origin: being p = 0.205 (p = <0.05) in permanent dentition and p = 0.882 (p = <0.05) in deciduous dentition determining that there is no relationship statistically significant between these variables. Keywords: caries prevalence, etiology, students, diet.