title: [Evaluation of dental treatment impact in a northwestern Mexican school children population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate through functional teeth index, the impact in schoolchildren in communities with and without dental community support.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out in communities with dental care provided by dental clinics of Sinaloa State University. The study sample was 2,083 schoolchildren. We used the criteria proposed by WHO for the index of decayed, missing-teeth (DMFT) for permanent dentition, index for prima- ry teeth (dmft) and the rate of functional teeth (RFT). For bivariate analysis, the nonparametric tests Pearson f and Mann-Whitney U were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The comparisons of DMFT (0.20) and RFT (13.95) of children with and DMFT (0.43) and RFT (14.82) of children without community dental support showed statistical significant difference (p < 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in DMFT and RFT between samples with and without community dental support (p < 0.05). The age showed a statistically significant difference between the DMFT and dmft (p < 0.05). Primary dentition required more dental care than permanent dentition. There was access for dental treatment, but it is not used for the population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RFT provided precise information than DMFT, mainly due to register the changes of actions focused to recover the teeth function in the oral cavity.
authors.forename: Rosa Alicia
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: García-Jau
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Loyola-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Irma Araceli
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Belío-Reyes
authors.forename: Bertha Eugenia
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Padilla-Suzuki
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patiño-Marín
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Osuna-Ramírez
authors.forename: Maricela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Álvarez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous