dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
Low-income children participating in public daycare centers in Teresina, Brazil, a municipality with fluoridated water supply, participated in this research. Parents / guardians answered a questionnai
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I02.233.332
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Piauí
Profa Dra Marcoeli Silva de Moura
Eligibility
Age
3 Years to 4 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria for participation were: age of three and four years old, residing in Teresina, for at least one year, with a fixed address and having a contact phone number, as well as being regularly enrolled in daycare centers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who received topical application of professional fluoride in the six months prior to the survey, did not have teeth with pulpal involvement or systemic disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary end point was the incidence of caries measured by the proportion of children who develop new lesions during the study. Dental caries was recorded by c2eos or c3eos. In c2 enamel or dentin caries lesions (dental surfaces that received ICDAS codes 3, 4, 5 or 6) and c3, only dentin caries lesions (surfaces with ICDAS codes 4, 5 or 6) were computed (Oliveira et al., 2014). When a tooth was registered as "extracted" due to caries, four and five surfaces on the anterior and posterior teeth, respectively, were registered as absent. The number of decayed dental surfaces, extracted due to caries and filled (initial c3eos) at the beginning of the study was subtracted from the number of decayed dental surfaces, extracted due to caries and filled after 12 months (final c3eos). A child was considered an incident case of dental caries if he / she had final c2eos / c3eos - initial c2eos / c3eos> 0. The increase in caries in 12 months was measured by the alteration of the initial examination in the ceos index in the caries detection thresholds in c2 and c3. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome was changes in the IPV and SG indices, after guidance on oral health and brushing to parents / guardians. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMarcoeli de Moura
Universidade Federal do Piauí
Outcome results
None listed