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Odontología Vital
versão On-line ISSN 1659-0775versão impressa ISSN 1659-0775
Resumo
MORA BRAVO, Karen; CALLE PRADO, Daniela e SACOTO FIGUEROA, Fernanda. Simplified oral hygiene index in schoolchildren of 6 years of age, Ecuador, 2016. Odontología Vital [online]. 2020, n.33, pp.73-78. ISSN 1659-0775.
Introduction:
Oral health has a dynamic relationship with the general health and quality of life of patients. Objective: of the study was to determine the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index in 6-year-old children of the Chiquintad of the Cantón Cuenca, in the year 2016.
Methods:
A sample of 51 schoolchildren of both sexes was used, the Hygiene Index was used Simplified oral of Greene and Vermillion applied in deciduous dentition consisting of a soft plaque index and calcified plaque index.
Conclusions:
The mean of IHO-S in the Chiquintad parish was 0.458 without presenting a significant difference between the sexes. The level of oral hygiene was good in both sexes (90%), there was no statistically significant difference between the two (p value 0.389).
Palavras-chave : Oral hygiene index; school children; dental plaque; plaque index; Epidemiologic Methods.
