Índice CPOD y limitación en hablar claramente en escolares de 12 años de edad, Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Objective: Determine the relationship between DMFT and limitation in speaking clearly in schoolchildren of the age of 12 in the parish “El Batán” in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador 2016. Materials and methods: Observational study, with a retrospective relational level, which consisted of 154 files that corresponded to 104 girls and 50 12-year-old boys. The following variables were analyzed: the CPOD index and the limitation to speak clearly, through descriptive statistics; in addition, the correlation was performed using Kendall statistical test. Results: In the CPOD index, the level of severity very low was the most frequent with 32.5%, while for the impact on the performance of speaking clearly affected 35.6% for females and 46.0% for males. In the severity of the impact the absence of limitation to speak clearly was predominant with 59.7%, followed by much limitation in 18.8%, the relationship was significant (p = 0.000), between the CPOD and limitation for speaking clearly. Conclusion: About a third part of the schoolchildren showed a low CPOD index, however, there was a similar distribution for a medium risk, regarding the limitation in speaking clearly, less than the third part showed a lot of limitation, which indicated an association between a higher risk of past and present dental caries and their perception of the impact of speaking clearly in schoolchildren.