Dental caries, nutritional status and oral hygiene in schoolchildren, La Demajagua, 2022

• Lamorú Pardo , Antonia María ^[1] ; Álvarez Romero, Yousemy ^[2] ; Rubio Díaz, Darianna ^[2] ; González Alvarez , Aliannys ^[2] ; Pérez Roque , Lauren ^[2] ; Vargas Labrada, Luisa Sucel ^[3]
  1. [1] Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Isla de la Juventud. Policlínico Docente Universitario “Juan Manuel Páez Inchausti”. Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
  2. [2] Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Isla de la Juventud. Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
  3. [3] Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud “Jesús Montané Oropesa”. Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

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• Localización: Odontología: (Montevideo), ISSN-e 3046-4102, Nº. 1, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Odontologia (Montevideo))
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction: dental caries is the most common disease in children. Obesity is a worrisome disease in children.

    Objective:  determining the relationship between dental caries, nutritional status and oral hygiene in primary schoolchildren.

    Method: a study with a non-experimental cross-correlational design was carried out in elementary school students from La Demajagua, Isle of Youth, in 2022. The sample was 100 children, being the same probabilistic and random.

    Results: the male sex represented 52%, 81% had a high risk of caries involvement and the age group 9-11 was the most affected with 42%. 81% presented deficient oral hygiene and 41% were overweight or obese.

    Conclusions: no significant relationship between nutritional status and the degree of involvement of dental caries, but there is, between the latter and oral hygiene