Influence of different ethnicities on early childhood caries in preschool children at risk of social exclusion in Southeastern Spain
Authors
Y Martínez-Beneyto
DDS, PhD. Doctor Contracted Professor. Unit of preventive and Community Dentistry. Department of Dermatology, Stomatology and Radiology. Faculty of medicine - Dentistry. Institute of Biomedical Research, IMIB. University of Murcia
I Navarro-VeraI
DDS. Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry. Faculty of Medicine-Dentistry. University of Murcia Spain
C Serna-Muñoz
DDS, MDS, PhD. Assistant Professor. Unit of Integral Paediatric Dentistry. Department of Dermatology, Stomatology and Radiology. Faculty of Medicine-Dentistry. Institute of Biomedical Research, IMIB, University of Murcia Murcia
AJ Ortiz-Ruiz
MD, MDS, PhD. Professor. Unit of Integral Paediatric Dentistry. Department of Dermatology, Stomatology and Radiology. Faculty of Medicine-Dentistry. Institute of Biomedical Research, IMIB. University of Murcia Murcia
A Vicente
DDS, MDS, PhD. Professor. Unit of Orthodontics. Department of Dermatology, Stomatology and Radiology. Faculty of Medicine-Dentistry. Institute of Biomedical Research, IMIB. University of Murcia Murcia
JM Montiel-Company
DDS, MDS, PhD. Professor. Department of Stomatology. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. University of Valencia Spain
Dental caries, caries prevalence, ICDAS, social exclusion
Abstract
AIM: To estimate the prevalence of early childhood caries and to study a possible influence on different ethnicities in preschool children aged 3 to 5 with social exclusion risk.
BACKGROUND: Oral diseases are a major global public health problem, with negative effects at both individual and collective levels, and there is a relationship between socioeconomic characteristics such as income, occupation and educational level, with the prevalence and severity of oral diseases.
METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted in a sample of 288 preschool children belonging to three schools in the Southeastern Spain among other variables dmft and ICDASS index.
CONCLUSION: The ethnicity of school children at risk of social exclusion is a determining factor in the increased prevalence of cavities in primary caries.
