Ausência de fluoretação da água de abastecimento público relacionada com a cárie dentária em escolares.

Abstract

The dental caries is one of the biggest problems in the public health. It has been as a disease with the greatest prevalence in the oral cavity and it affects all socioeconomic levels and age groups. From the epidemiological survey, it is possible to estimate the dental caries distribution in the population. Therefore, in this study aimed to investigate the prevalence and the dental caries experience and compare with the data provided by the Oral Health Division at the county of Santa Cruz do Sul. It has using data from on 5 years old children and 12 years old teenagers. These people are enrolled in rural schools at the county of Santa Cruz do Sul-RS, where there is no water fluoridation on the public supply. The data from Oral Health Division presented ceo-d (caries-infantile dentition, extracted and sealed) and CPO-D (Carious, Lost or Caries-Dented and Sealed-off) of urban schools with public water fluoridation supply. The study population are composed by 78 scholar kids, 35 with five years old and 43 with 12 years of age. The cross-sectional observational study has based on the SB Brazil 2010. The data from the oral evaluation has been collected and analyzed. The graphics and tables were created through the Excel program. In this study, 30 schoolchildren (38.4%) without dental caries experience have been studied. Sixteen of them are 5 years old and 14 are 12 years old with ceo-d and CPO-D equal to zero. These people reside in places that have not public water fluoridation public supply. The result index by ceo-d was 2, 65 in the 5 years old and CPO-D was 1, 90 in the 12 years old schoolchildren. The ceo-d index is considered and moderate and the CPO-D low, according the World Health Organization (WHO).The schoolchildren that presented dental caries with 5 years old were 54,2% (19) and 67,4% (29) children with 12 years old.