Background Untreated dental caries negatively impacts children and their families; the implication of which is best measured through assessing quality of life. Information related to Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in Peruvian pre‐school children is scarce. Aim To investigate the relationship between dental caries and the OHRQoL of 3‐year‐old children. Design Randomly selected government pre‐schools (n = 17), situated in three low socio‐economic status districts in Lima, participated. The OHRQoL data were obtained using the Peruvian (P) ECOHIS questionnaire. Clinical examinations using the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) instrument were performed on 308 children. From which, 213 parents returned the P‐ECOHIS form. ANOVA, Tamhane, and Tukey methods were used to analyse the data. Results The mean age of the children was 3.04 years. The two highest...

RESUMEN: En la actualidad se reconoce que la salud esta en el proceso individual enraizado en los genes, los habitos personalisimos, el modelo social y la comprension de la ideologia de la cual depende en realidad el angulo desde el cual se la examina. El objetivo de este estudio fue validar el Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) para su aplicacion en comunidades latinoamericanas, a fin de demostrar su eficacia para determinar el impacto que el estado dentario produce sobre los ninos menores de 5 anos y su familia. El ECOHIS explora dos dominios: el impacto sobre el nino (9 preguntas) y sobre la familia (4 preguntas). Para la validacion en el idioma espanol se desarrollaron cuatro etapas. La etapa I: incluyo la traduccion reversa del cuestionario (inglés-espanol.ingles). La etapa II consistio en la prueba piloto realizada en familias venezolanas para comprobar la estabili...

Background To identify barriers to participation in a primary oral health care programme aimed at preventing early childhood caries, as perceived by nurses. Methods Of a total of 140 randomly selected nurses employed in 40 government health centres in Lima, 123 completed a pre-tested questionnaire. Background variables were districts’ ‘socio-economic status’ (SES) and ‘years of experience’. Factor analysis was performed. ANOVA was applied for testing the influence of the background variables on the barrier factors. Chi-square test was applied to test for differences between single item barriers and the background variables. The Likert-scale (1–4) was used. Results There was no statistical significant effect of ‘SES’ or of ‘years of experience’ of nurses on any of the 7 barrier factors, nor on the 11 single item barrier factors. The highest mean score (3.81) was obtain...

RESUMO Um estudo epidemiológico de cárie usando o sistema ICDAS foi realizado em crianças pequenas colombianas. O objetivo deste estudo foi associar o tempo necessário para o exame clínico da cárie e o risco de cárie em crianças de 1 a 5 anos de acordo com a idade e o risco de cárie e avaliar a autopercepção do comportamento e da dor na criança durante o exame, de acordo com a idade. Após a aprovação do comitê de ética e do consentimento informado dos pais/responsáveis, sete examinadores treinados avaliaram crianças de 1 a 5 anos em creches em condições locais de campo. A experiência de cárie do ICDAS (depiMEmf) foi avaliada da seguinte forma: Epi-depi inicial (ICDAS 1/2 sem secagem ao ar); Moderado-dM (ICDAS 3,4); lesões extensas de dE (ICDAS 5,6); restaurações devido a cárie -f e superfícies/dentes ausentes-m. O risco de cárie foi avaliado com Cariogram®. ...