• Medicine · Jun 2021

    Observational Study

    Association between sociodemographic factors and noncavitated and cavitated caries lesions in 8- to 12-year-old Mexican schoolchildren.

    • García PérezAlvaroA0000-0002-0725-4658Faculty of Higher Studies (FES), Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)., González-Aragón PinedaAlvaro EdgarAEFaculty of Higher Studies (FES), Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)., Rosales IbáñezRaúlRFaculty of Higher Studies (FES), Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)., Rodríguez ChávezJaqueline AdelinaJADepartment of Comprehensive Dental Clinics, University Center for Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara., Juan Carlos Cuevas-González, Pérez PérezNora GuillerminaNGFaculty of dentistry, Regional Southeast University, Oaxaca México., and Villanueva GutiérrezTeresaTHealth Care Department, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico..
    • Faculty of Higher Studies (FES), Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jun 25; 100 (25): e26435e26435.

    AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the association between sociodemographic factors and noncavitated and cavitated caries lesions in Mexican schoolchildren.This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 on 8-to-12-year-old schoolchildren of different socioeconomic status (SES). The caries was evaluated using ICDAS II, SES was evaluated using three categories---a high, middle, or low-income level---of the CONAPO. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed in order to ascertain the associations between socioeconomic factors and noncavitated and cavitated caries lesions.The prevalence of noncavitated lesions was 38.0% and cavitated lesions was 43.4% in permanent dentition. In all the samples, 50.6% of schoolchildren had poor oral hygiene. About 52.5% of the mothers and 64.7% of the fathers had less than 9 years of education. Schoolchildren with a low-income level have more cavitated lesions (ICDAS II 4-6) than schoolchildren with high-income level (56.3% vs 15.8%, P = .009). The multinomial logistic regression models showed that mother's level of education <9 years and low-income level were significantly associated with cavitated caries lesions (ICDAS II 4-6), [odds ratio = 1.79 (1.17 - 2.75); P = .007], [OR = 2.21 (1.23 - 3.97); P = .008], respectively. The socioeconomic level was not associated with noncavitated caries lesions (ICDAS II 1-3).An association was found between the presence of cavitated caries lesions and the subject's mother's level of education and a low-income level. Socioeconomic factors were found to be associated with inequalities in caries distribution in the age group studied.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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