[Dental fluorosis in 6-13-year-old children attending public schools in Medellín, Colombia]. / Fluorosis Dental en Escolares de 6 a 13 Años de Instituciones Educativas Públicas de Medellín, Colombia, 2006.
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
; 11(4): 631-40, 2009 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20169219
OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed at determining dental fluorosis prevalence and severity amongst 6-13-year-old students residing in Medellin, Colombia. METHODS: A descriptive study was carried out on 1,330 students attending 34 public schools in the city of Medellin. Two dentists trained in dental fluorosis diagnosis performed the examinations were after the teeth had been brushed. Teeth were dried with gauze, isolated with cotton pellets and visually examined in natural light. The Thylstrup and Fejerskov index (TFI) was used for rating fluorosis. RESULTS: Dental fluorosis prevalence was 81 % (TFI>1); 46.4 % was related to mild dental fluorosis (TFI1 and TFI2) and 8.8% to severe dental fluorosis (TFI >5). TFI > or = 1 was found in 21 % of the children being examined in at least 50 % of their teeth. CONCLUSION: Dental fluorosis prevalence level was found to be high in Medellín, Colombia; health authorities should thus focus their attention on preventing this problem.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Estudantes
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Fluorose Dentária
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
País de publicação:
Colômbia