Objective: To determine knowledge and attitude on child dental caries prevention among pediatric interns of XI and XVIII Sanitary Regions (Central and Asuncion Departments) of Paraguay, during 2015. Materials and method: Transversal study. A questionnaire was administered requiring both demographic and academic data, with 10 questions on dental caries knowledge and six question on attitude. Results: Ninety-eight Pediatric interns participated in the study. More than half of participants graduated from private universities (53.06%), they were from Asunción (65.31%), and 68.37% were women. Insufficient knowledge regarding dental caries prevention was found in 83.67%, 16.33% had fair knowledge and none had thorough knowledge. A positive attitude was showed by 96.94%, indifferent attitude was found in 3.16% and none showed a negative attitude about the role on preventing dental caries that ...

Objetivo: Determinar el conocimiento y la actitud acerca de la prevención de caries dental en el niño, en médicos residentes de la especialidad troncal de pediatría, de la XI y XVIII Región Sanitaria (Departamento Central y Asunción) del Paraguay, en el año 2015. Materiales y método: Estudio de diseño transversal. Se administró un cuestionario solicitándose datos demográficos y académicos, el cuestionario contó con 10 preguntas sobre conocimiento de caries dental y seis preguntas sobre actitud. Resultados: Participaron 98 médicos residentes de la especialidad de Pediatría. Más de la mitad fueron egresados de universidades privadas (53,06%), procedieron de Asunción (65,31%) y fueron mujeres (68,37%). El 83,67% tuvo conocimiento insuficiente sobre prevención de caries dental, el 16,33% obtuvo conocimiento regular y ninguno obtuvo conocimiento bueno. El 96,94% mostró una...

Introduction: Canine impaction is an anomaly in which the tooth is prevented from erupting. It occurs when eruption has been delayed and there is radiographic evidence. Objective: To determine the prognosis of impacted canines according to their position in the maxilla by means of different analyses: Ericson & Kurol, Warford and Power & Short; in patients attending private clinics in the city of Asuncion from 2015 to 2020. Methodology: The design is observational descriptive, cross-sectional, using panoramic radiograph measurements. Results: The sample consisted of 37 patients and the 48 canines. It was found that the presence of impacted canines was more frequent in women (69.44%), with unilateral location (70.27%) and palatal position (68.75%). In more than half of the cases the prognosis was unfavorable, however, the concordance was only 75.00%. There was greater concordance i...

Objective: To associate attitudes and behaviors related to oral health with the experience of dental caries in trainees of the Paraguayan Air Force's Airborne Brigade in the year 2023. Materials and methods: The design was cross-sectional. The sample comprised 100 soldiers. The Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory (HU-DBI) was applied to measure attitudes and behaviors related to oral health, and the experience of caries was assessed using the DMFT index. The Pearson Chi-square test was used to compare the distribution of HU-DBI and DMFT according to background, and Fisher's exact test was applied to associate the experience of caries with attitudes and behaviors at a 95% confidence level. Results: Regarding the assessment of attitudes and behaviors, the average score was 6.33 (SD=1.97), classified as "fair," with a minimum score of 2 and a maximum of 11. The DMFT index was 5.4...

Objective: To analyze the attitude towards statistics in undergraduate students of a Paraguayan university´s Dentistry faculty enrolled in Investigation Methodology and Biostatistics´courses in 2015, was the objective of the investigation. Methods: A quasi- experimental study was conducted. The SATS-36 questionnaire (Survey of Attitude Toward Statistics) was used to measure the attitude toward statistics before and after the course. Results: The sample was conformed by 43 students, 83.72% was female, with 19 ± 3.14 year-old age average, 48.96% graduated from the Humanistic Bachelor`s degree and 48.84% wanted to obtain a "Very Good" rating. Based on the scores obtained, the "difficulty" (p=0.0176) and "effort" (p<0.0001) dimensions, showed a negative attitude change, while the positive attitude change was for "cognitive competence" (p=0.0470) Bioesand "personal assessment" (p=0.0207...

Objetivo: Analizar la actitud hacia la estadística en estudiantes de grado de Odontología matriculados en la asignatura de Metodología de la Investigación y Bioestadística, en una universidad paraguaya, en el año 2015. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental. Se utilizó el cuestionario SATS-36 (Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics) para medir la actitud hacia la estadística antes y después del curso. Resultados: La muestra quedó conformada por 43 estudiantes. El 83,72% fue de sexo femenino, con una edad promedio de 19±3,14 años, el 48,96% egresó del Bachillerato Humanístico y el 48,84% deseaba obtener calificación “Muy Bueno”. Basado en las puntuaciones obtenidas, presentaron un cambio de actitud negativa las dimensiones “dificultad” (p=0,0176) y “esfuerzo” (p<0,0001), mientras que el cambio de actitud fue positivo para “competencia cognitiva�...

Objective: To evaluate the economic and psychological repercussions, among other difficulties encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic in a group of dentists. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study. An online questionnaire was applied to dentists from the “Rigoberto Caballero” Central Police Hospital (HCPRC) of Asunción-Paraguay that was distributed between July and September 2021. It consisted of 32 closed questions distributed in 5 sections: sociodemographic data, economic effects of the pandemic, psychological effects, contagion, and experiences with respect to the clinic. The data were analyzed with the Epi Info version 7 program and the results are represented in tables, the Fisher's exact test and the Chi-square test were also used. Results: 78 dentists participated, 78.2% female, 56.4% from the 35-45 age group. 88.5% reported a decrease in inco...

Introducción: El equilibrio en bipedestación del cráneo sobre la columna en su porción cervical es fundamental para el diagnóstico de trastornos y alteraciones craneomandibulares en pacientes de todas las edades. No obstante, no había sido tomado en cuenta en el protocolo de diagnóstico diferencial, pese a que las alteraciones y disfunciones biomecánicas tanto en tejidos duros como blandos se evidencian en una telerradiografía lateral de cráneo. Objetivo: Describir la postura craneocervical con el análisis de Rocabado-Penning, en pacientes que acudieron a consulta en el Instituto Latinoamericano de Estudios Superiores (ILES). Metodología: El estudio fue observacional descriptivo de corte transversal. El estudio anatomo-radiológico se realizó en pacientes seleccionados entre los años 2012 y 2019 que acudieron a un instituto privado para realizarse su tratamiento de ortodonc...

Objective: To evaluate the application of the dental trauma guide according to the International Association of Dental Traumatology in a group of Paraguayan dentists from April to May 2021. The was a descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study. A group of Paraguayan dentists with internet access accepted to participate in the study. The measurement instrument was a closed questionnaire from Google Forms, distributed by instant messaging (WhatsApp) from January to April 2021. Based on the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries by the International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT), the questionnaire includes 20 questions on the assessment of clinical and radiographic signs, determination of treatment variables, differentiation of the type of treatment, biological consequences of trauma, materials and splint time, and postoperative indicatio...