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

dc.contributor.authorVillalobos-Rodelo, Juan Jose
dc.contributor.authorMendoza-Rodriguez, Martha
dc.contributor.authorIslas-Zarazua, Rosalina
dc.contributor.authorMarquez-Rodriguez, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorMora-Acosta, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorPontigo-Loyola, America Patricia
dc.contributor.authorMarquez-Corona, Maria de Lourdes
dc.contributor.authorMedina-Solis, Carlo Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorMaupome, Gerardo
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-13T15:26:14Z
dc.date.available2021-10-13T15:26:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractObjective: 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 groupsen_US
dc.identifier.citationVillalobos-Rodelo, J. J., Mendoza-Rodríguez, M., Islas-Zarazúa, R., Márquez-Rodríguez, S., Mora-Acosta, M., Pontigo-Loyola, A. P., ... & Maupomé, G. (2021). Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study. Children, 8(2), 99.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/26755
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.3390/children8020099en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0*
dc.subjectOral healthen_US
dc.subjectDental cariesen_US
dc.subjectSchool childrenen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural workersen_US
dc.subjectMexicoen_US
dc.titleExperience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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