Objective. Describe the perception of oral health in older adults who attend Grandparents’ Clubs and a university dental clinic. Methods. Descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in the city of Corrientes, Argentina, in 97 adults over 60 years old. An interrogation and oral clinical examination were performed. To assess the perception of oral health, the Assessment Index in Oral Health in Geriatrics (GOHAI) was used. Results. The 97 older adults who participated, 75.3% (n=73) corresponded to the female sex. The mean age of the population was 67.1 ± 4.4 years, it was observed that for 86.4% the self-perception of their oral health is negative. When comparing the group of older adults who attend Grandparents’ Clubs and the older adults who attend the dental clinic, statistically significant differences were found in the perception of oral health (p = 0.0001). No statistically ...

Objetivos: Describir los hábitos de higiene bucal de personas adultas (35 a 44 años) de la ciudad de Corrientes y determinar la infl uencia de variables sociodemográfi cas y culturales en dichos hábitos. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal de base poblacional. La información sobre las variables de estudio se recopiló mediante una encuesta domiciliaria (2013). Se estableció el tamaño de la muestra con un nivel de confi anza del 95% (381 individuos). Se aplicó un diseño muestral polietápico. Resultados: El nivel de conocimientos de salud bucodental resultó ser un predictor signifi cativo del hábito de cepillado dental después de cada comida y junto con el nivel socioeconómico son un predictor signifi cativo de la práctica de renovar el cepillo dental cada 3 meses. No se hallaron diferencias estadísticamente signifi cativas en relación al se...

Objective. The objective of this study was to evaluate the intraoperative diagnostic concordance, applying two quantitative methods such as the dental aesthetic index and the orthodontic treatment needs index in children with mixed dentition. Methods. A cross-sectional correlational observational study was carried out, with a selected sample of 20 patients who attended for comprehensive care on the Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Care Module of FOUNNE. The variables included in both indices were measured in a first measurement on the same patients, and then a second measurement was performed with a time difference of 15 days, to evaluate the intraoperative diagnostic concordance and to avoid bias due to memory. Results. A Spearman correlation analysis was performed, finding for the IONT a coefficient r=1 indicating a perfect correlation and for the DAI a r=0.99, both significant. Conc...

Objective. The objective of this study was to evaluate the intraoperative diagnostic concordance, applying two quantitative methods such as the dental aesthetic index and the orthodontic treatment needs index in children with mixed dentition. Methods. A cross-sectional correlational observational study was carried out, with a selected sample of 20 patients who attended for comprehensive care on the Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Care Module of FOUNNE. The variables included in both indices were measured in a first measurement on the same patients, and then a second measurement was performed with a time difference of 15 days, to evaluate the intraoperative diagnostic concordance and to avoid bias due to memory. Results. A Spearman correlation analysis was performed, finding for the IONT a coefficient r=1 indicating a perfect correlation and for the DAI a r=0.99, both significant. Conc...