Determina la frecuencia de la severidad de caries dental según el Sistema Internacional de Detección y Valoración de Caries (ICDAS II) en pacientes de 6 a 12 años atendidos en la clínica odontológica de pregrado de la UNMSM en 2016. Es un estudio observacional, descriptivo y de corte transversal. Se evalúa a 57 pacientes entre 6 a 12 años que asistieron a la clínica de dicha Facultad de Odontología de la UNMSM. La examinadora es calibrada por una experta en la evaluación con ICDAS II obteniendo un valor kappa interexaminador de 0,88 e intraexaminador de 0,92. Se utiliza una ficha de recolección de datos en conjunto con el consentimiento informado. Se procesan los datos obtenidos mediante el programa estadístico SPSS 19. Se halla que la prevalencia de caries dental según ICDAS II es de 100%, el promedio de número de piezas con lesiones entre los códigos 1 - 6 es de 9,26 y ...

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is considered a public health problem; when it is not treated in a timely manner, the disease progresses to a severe level. Currently there are many studies on the prevalence and risk factors of ECC, but little on the issue of Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC). The present review article evaluates the different factors that have been related to S-ECC, in recent years, grouped into three major areas: host, microorganism and substrate. A search was made in the LILACS, Medline and Elsevier database; from the year 2010 with the keywords Caries of Severe Early Childhood, risk factors, Severe Early Childhood Caries and risk factors

The aim of this study was to compare the levels of dental anxiety in patients who visited dental offices in two public services. Information was obtained from patients who had visited their dentists at least once the present year. The sample size was 100 patients (50 per service). Applying the Corah’s Dental Questionnaire, it was established that 39 % of patients presented moderate anxiety, 19 % in universitary service and 20 % in hospital service; 15 % of the patients presented severe anxiety, 9 % in hospital service and 6 % in universitary service. A great percentage of moderate, high and severe anxiety was perceived in hospital service. Applying the Dental Concerns Assessment, it was concluded that time and costs invested on dental attention are the factors that cause more anxiety in patients among others considered.

The aim of this study was to compare the levels of dental anxiety in patients who visited dental offices in two public services. Information was obtained from patients who had visited their dentists at least once the present year. The sample size was 100 patients (50 per service). Applying the Corah’s Dental Questionnaire, it was established that 39 % of patients presented moderate anxiety, 19 % in universitary service and 20 % in hospital service; 15 % of the patients presented severe anxiety, 9 % in hospital service and 6 % in universitary service. A great percentage of moderate, high and severe anxiety was perceived in hospital service. Applying the Dental Concerns Assessment, it was concluded that time and costs invested on dental attention are the factors that cause more anxiety in patients among others considered.