[Prevalence of Dental Fluorosis and Caries in Mexico City Schoolchildren].
This study was conducted to determine prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis and dental caries in school-children living in two zones of the Mexico City's East Area.


METHODS
Fluorosis and caries scores were recorded for 1,569 children according to the Dean Community Index, DMFT and DMFS indexes, and the relationship between fluorosis and fluoride sources was investigated.


RESULTS
Dental fluorosis was found in 60.42% of children. Dean's Community score was 0.96 (SD-0.58). Quantity of toothpaste employed, toothbrushing frequency, and early initiation of toothbrushing correlated well with fluorosis (p = 0.03). Caries was present in 70.52% of children, DMFT and DMFS scores were 2.64 (SD 2.4) and 3.97 (SD 4.18) respectively. DMFT and DMFS scores were lower in children with mild and moderate fluorosis than in those fluorosis-free children. (p = 0.03).
Juárez-López
María Lilia Adriana
ML
División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Odontología, UNAM. liadju@yahoo.com
Hernández-Guerrero
Juan Carlos
JC
Jiménez-Farfán
Dolores
D
Ledesma-Montes
Constantino
C
D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires