title: [Dental caries in preschoolers and students in Monte Patria, region 4].
abstract: An epidemiological study on caries prevalence was undertaken on school children and pre-school children aged from 2 to 14 years, of Monte Patria, a small city located in the North of Chile, following the criteria established by the World Health Organization. It was found that the 90.54% of the studied sample had caries, the 21% of the patients lost permanent teeth due to caries, and the presence of filled teeth was detected only in 1.75% of the children. DMFT index of the sample was 5.16 and dmft index was 4.60.
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authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quinteros Orrego
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014080:Tooth Exfoliation / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Caries dentaria en pre-escolares y escolares de la comuna de Monte Patria, IV region.