El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la relación entre la acreditación de los programas de odontología y estomatología con la empleabilidad de sus egresados. El tipo de investigación fue explicativa, retrospectiva y transversal. Se empleó la Encuesta Nacional a Egresados Universitarios y la Encuesta de Universidades realizadas por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática en el 2014. La población del estudio fueron 245 egresados de 33 universidades del país, entre 21 y 30 años, entre los años 2006 y 2010. Los egresados de programas acreditados trabajaron menos horas que los de programas no acreditados, siendo la diferencia estadísticamente significativa. No se encontró relación entre acreditación y empleabilidad, en la condición empleado y retribución económica. La mayoría de los programas de odontología no se encontraban acreditados (87,1%). El 79,6% de los ...

Abstract Objective. Identify practices on the use of fluoridated toothpaste and its relationship with going to the dentist in preschool children, parents and teachers from public educational institutions in the district of La Molina, Lima, Peru. Methods. Cross sectional study. Two questionnaires were used, one aimed at parents (who explored habits from child and parent), and other one aimed to teachers. Results. Almost all children brushed their teeth and used toothpaste. The children start using toothpaste at 2 years old (40.5%) and a moderate amount (60.8%), do not swallow toothpaste when brushing (62.9%) and with monitoring during brushing (77, 6%). Almost all parents and teachers brush their teeth, and used toothpaste. The applying of toothpaste in preschool children was significantly associated (p = 0.028) with visit to the dentist. Conclusions. The practice in the use of fluoride t...

Abstract: Objective: To determine the prevalence and severity of dental decay and oral hygiene in children and adolescents in Children’s Villages of Lima. Materials and methods: Transversal descriptive study. A non-random sample of 224 children aged 1 to 17 who resided in one of three SOS Children's Villages participated in the study. Dental decay was evaluated with the WHO diagnostic criteria, and oral hygiene was measured with the Greene and Vermillion Debris Index. Results: The prevalence of dental decay in the group aged 1-4 was 36.8%, and in the 5-7, 11-13 and 14-17 groups, the prevalence was 67.7%, 56.6% and 82.4%, respectively, considering both dentitions. Caries severity (dmft+DMFT) in the same groups had an average ± standard deviation of 1.16±2.41, 3.48±3.71, 1.66±2.02 and 3.19±2.51, respectively. Fair oral hygiene was predominant in the sample, with a prevalence above 5...

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to determine the level of knowledge about fluoride toothpaste based on the fluoride source for parents and teachers from preschool children. A questionnaire was applied in a representative sample of parents and all teachers working at preschool educational state institutions in the Molina district, Lima, Perú. The level of knowledge was classified into three levels: low (0-2 points), medium (3-5 points) and high (6-7 points). We used frequency distribution tables for the univariate analisys, the chi square test and Fisher exact test for the bivariate analisys. The most frequent level of knowledge about fluoride toothpaste was medium level in both, parents (n = 68, 45%) and teachers (n = 52, 58.4%). The item: brushing teeth with fluoride toothpaste can cure the initial decay, obtained (had) the lowest number of correct response 50 (33.1%) and 19 (21.4%) parents ...

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory condition that irreversibly destroys the tissues that support the tooth, the main characteristics of this disease being probing depth, inflammation, edema and erythema. Objective: Determine the association of periodontal disease with risk factors in 15-year-old adolescents from an educational institution. Material and Methods: The study was observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional based on the records of the database of the epidemiological oral health survey of 2018, with a sample of 29 15-year-old schoolchildren enrolled in the 2018 academic year. The variables were periodontal disease, depth to probing, gingival bleeding, sex, frequency of brushing, frequency of visits to the dentist, frequency of tobacco consumption, and frequency of alcohol consumption. Excel version 10 was used to manage the data and it was exported to Stat...