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Morelia Carolina Agreda Hernández, Yellin Haygel Medina Sánchez, Yanet Claret Simancas Pereira, Morelia Hernández, Néstor Alejandro Díaz Peña, Pedro José Salinas
Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de fluorosis dental, opacidad e hipoplasia del esmalte en niños en edad escolar de 6 a 12 años de las Escuelas Básicas, Bolivarianas y Unidades Educativas de la Parroquia "Antonio Spinetti Dini" del Municipio Libertador del Estado Mérida, Venezuela. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, transversal conformada por 340 niños entre 6 a 12 años de edad con fluorosis dental, opacidad e hipoplasia del esmalte, a quienes se aplicó el Índice de Dean y el Índice de Desarrollo de Defectos del Esmalte (DDE) modificado, según la O.M.S. Resultados: El 12% de la población presentó fluorosis dental leve, dudosa y muy leve (3.2 %, 4.4% y 4.4% respectivamente). El 15.3% que si presentó, a predominio de opacidades delimitadas y difusas (6.2% y 5.8% respectivamente). Conclusiones: El mayor porcentaje de la población estudiada no presenta fluorosis dental ni alteraciones en el desarrollo del esmalte. Un pequeño porcentaje presentó fluorosis dudosa y muy leve, además de opacidades delimitadas y difusas.
Objective: To determine the dental fluorosis frequency, enamel's opacity and hypoplasia in school kids from six to twelve years old of primary schools, bolivarianas' schools and educationals units of the "Antonio Spinetti Dini" parish, Libertador municipality of Mérida state, Venezuela. Methodology: A descriptive essay realized of transversal design. The sample was compounded of 340 kids between six and twelve year old. The studied variables were dental fluorosis, enamel's opacity and hypoplasia, using dean's index and the enamel defect index (EDI) modified, according to health world organization (OMS) methodology. Results: 88% of studied population didn't present dental fluorosis, but it 12% of them presented, with prevalence of uncertain and very mild fluorosis (4.4% and 4.4% for each one). 84.7% of population didn't present defects with the enamel's development, in contrast to 15.3% who presented a prevalence of delimited and diffuse opacities (6.2% and 5.8% each one). Conclusions: The highest percentage of participants did not show either dental fluorosis or alterations in enamel development. Just a small percentage of children presented doubtful and very mild fluorosis as well as both delimited and diffuse opacities.
