Examinando por Autor "Gutiérrez Vélez, Doménica Alejandra"
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- ÍtemAcceso AbiertoImpacto de caries dental sobre la calidad de vida en niños de 12 años de escuelas rurales Azogues, 2018(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2018) Gutiérrez Vélez, Doménica Alejandra; Crespo Crespo, Cristina Mercedes; 0301892287; ., .OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine the impact of dental caries on the Quality of Life Related to Oral Health in 12-year-old children from rural schools of Azogues canton (CVRSB), 2018. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present Cross-sectional, observational study whose design was descriptive; evaluated 200 school children from the Cojitambo, Guapán, Javier Loyola and Daniel Cordova Toral schools. The Spanish version (Peru) of the validated Child OIDP index was used to estimate the impact of dental caries on 8 daily performances. RESULTS:200 children were examined who 88% presented dental caries, being the male gender the ones reaching the highest level of anticipation with 60% while the female sex reported 48%. The most common self-perceived oral conditions were decayed tooth (51%) and pain (50%); according to the prevalence of impact of the oral conditions: Eating food (84.5%), cleaning the mouth (54.5%). Regarding the severity of impact, the highest average was: Eating food; Regarding the Intensity of the impact, Eating food showed a greater impact, according to sex, the Feminine was 43% and for the Male sex 41.5%. CONCLUSIONS: Caries affects daily performance and in particular in this study, the most relevant were eating and brushing teeth for both male and female