title: [Caries prevalence of a school population].
abstract: We have made a cross-sectional study about dental caries in 883 children between 6 and 15 years old, belonging to 3 public schools representing the municipal district of Tetuan (Madrid). The studied variables, that were related with presence/absence of caries were: age, sex, school, social class, number of meals per day, tooth brushing and use of fluor. We have also established the indexes DMFT, dmft, DMFM, together with the affection percentage of each tooth and its graphic representation.
authors.affiliation: Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Domínguez Rojas
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Acedo Díaz-Pache
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ortega Molina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Astasio Arbiza
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez Bravo
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Calle Purón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D012923:Social Class; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014099:Toothbrushing
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Prevalencia de caries en una población escolar.