Relación entre el Ingreso Económico y la Negligencia al Cuidado Dental en Adultos Mayores a 65 años. De la Parroquia Cañaribamba Cuenca - Ecuador, Agosto 2017 - Abril 2018

Abstract

It is defined as the lack of adherence to dental treatment, ie attending, but not continuing. It is also defined as the lack of precaution to maintain oral health, the lack of necessary dental care and the physical negligence of the oral cavity. AIM: To relate the level of economic income and negligence to dental care in patients over 65 years old, belonging to the Cañaribamba parish period August 2017 - April 2018 MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research has a quantitative approach, with a case design and controls, relational type and a transverse temporality. We analyzed the variables income level and negligence to dental care through the odds rattio statistic. RESULTS: The male sex is the most negligent with 15 cases against 12 of the women. The ages with the highest incidence of dental neglect are 66-68-69-70-72- and 75 with 3 cases each age. An odds ratio of 1 was obtained with a confidence interval of (0.4493 - 2.226). CONCLUSIONS: The male sex is the most negligent with 15 cases against 12 of the women. The ages with the highest incidence of dental neglect are 66-68-69-70-72- and 75 with 3 cases each age. The economic class that has the highest dental negligence count is the one that receives economic income below 375 dollars.