title: [Oral-dental hygiene habits in 12-year-old schoolchildren of the city of Huesca].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study dental hygiene habits and their relationship to dental caries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive epidemiological crossover study, based on observation. SITE. Schools in the city of Huesca.
  
  
  METHODS
  Every child in the 7th grade (i.e. 12 years old) of Basic General Education (EGB) in the city of Huesca.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that only 43.83% of the children (689 in all: 340 male, 349 female) brushed their teeth every day. 49.20% had had a dental check-up during the previous year. We noted a significant link between cariogenic factors, especially those to do with tooth-brushing and the consumption of sweets, and the actual existence of caries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a notable lack of dental hygiene, both around the questions of using a tooth-brush and in eating habits. There was little primary (the use of fluorides or dental hygiene) or secondary prevention (programmes of odonto-stomatologic care).
authors.affiliation: Clínica Dental Dr. Casas Ainoza, Huesca.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Casas Ainoza
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gállego Llorens
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D014099:Toothbrushing
vernacular_title: Hábitos higiénicos bucodentales en escolares de 12 años de la ciudad de Huesca.