title: [Prevalence of Dental Fluorosis and Caries in Mexico City Schoolchildren].
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Odontología, UNAM. liadju@yahoo.com
authors.forename: María Lilia Adriana
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Juárez-López
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hernández-Guerrero
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Farfán
authors.forename: Constantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledesma-Montes
mesh_terms: 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