Objective: to determine the relationship between quality of life through COHIP 19 SF and the need for orthodontic treatment through the CE component of INTO in schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 years from two public and private educational entities in Huancayo 2020. Methodology Descriptive, cross-sectional study and comparative, 318 schoolchildren from two educational units, public and private, were evaluated. To assess the level of need for orthodontic treatment, the Orthodontic Treatment Need Index (INTO -CE) was used and for quality of life the Impact Profile index on Children's Oral Health was used in its short version (COHIP SF- 19), the bivariate analysis was carried out using the Spearman Rho Test and a significance level of 0.05 was considered. Results: According to the aesthetic component (CE) of the INTO, the definitive need was 5.3%, moderate need 4.4%, and 90.3% without the need f...

Objective: to determine the preferences of the patients in terms of age, sex and clothing of the dentists of two educational entities, public and private. Material and Methods: Basic descriptive cross-sectional study, for which the survey methodology was used by virtual means to a sample of 165 students from 8 to 25 years old divided into 3 groups, from 8 to 11 years, from 12 to 17 years and from 18 to 25 years of both sexes, photographs of 4 dental models were used: 2 women, one between 25 to 30 years old, another from 40 to 50 years old and two men of the same ages with 3 different uniforms, the processing of the data was through tables of frequencies and percentages. Results: The main outcome was the preference for a young female professional, wearing a pediatric dental jacket. Conclusions: It should be noted that the choice of the young professional was very marked in relation to the...

Objective: To determine the influence of the vertical facial pattern of the face with different levels of gingival exposure and upper incisal edge height on the perception of smile esthetics in specialist dentists, general dentists and non-dentistry professionals. Material and Methods: Basic correlational design study. For comparisons between the 3 categories of examiners, the Kruskal-Wallis test with ties was used, and to associate the examiners' years of work experience with their rating results, Spearman's correlation coefficient was used. Results: Gingival exposure in dolicofacial with statistically significant differences in evaluators in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6mm; in mesiofacial in 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6mm (p< 0.05). Incisal edge height significant differences at 0mm (p=0.25) in all evaluators and in the rest of heights, there were no significant differences (p ≥ 0.05), for all evaluat...

Objective: Determine the risk of impaction of maxillary canines in children between 8 and 11 years old in a radiological center in Huancayo according to the Power and Short method. Material and Methods: Basic study of cross-sectional descriptive design. Non-parametric tests, Kruskal-Wallis Kruskal-Wallis to find significant differences between angulation values by age and sex of the patients. between angulation values according to age and sex of the patients; and Friedman to find significant differences to find significant differences between angulation values according to the quadrant involved. quadrant involved. Results: According to gender were that females have a higher unfavorable risk of impaction with 3.9%, regular 15.2 and favorable 35.8%; unfavorable male gender was 0.9%, regular 11.8% and favorable 32.4%; According to age, the proportion of favorable risk was highest in the age...