Avaliação da prevalência de cárie dentária e seus fatores de risco em crianças de 0 a 3 anos da área de abrangência do Centro de Saúde Amilcar Viana Martins Distrito Oeste - PBH

Abstract

The study assessed the prevalence of dental caries and some risk factors in children from 0 to 3 years of staff yellow of health center Amílcar Viana Martins. The ACS team conducted active children and found 143 children 0-3 years-team spanning yellow of health center Amílcar Viana Martins. After obtaining free and informed consent, 81 children were examined by cirurgiã-support dental health centre. The clinicalexamination-visual was performed in the home, through a home visit previously scheduled by the ACS with the families of children, where the parents responded to a questionnaire on the presence or not of some risk factors for dental caries disease in patients babies. To classify children, about the prevalence of dental caries, used the INTO and the presence or not of white spots active. It was noted that 9 children hadwhite spot active with 11% of the total. Of these, 3 had "0" in relation to the into, while the other 6 had 1. In relation to INTO, 10 children were met with code 1 and 71 children with code "0", corresponding to 12.5% and 87.5% respectively. Other codes have not been observed. As questionnaire noted that the majority of children are cared for exclusively by the mother (64%), followed by grandmother (21%); 71.6% (children were cleaning your teeth homespun, while 10 not conducted (12.4%). The most common way to clean the teeth, dental was toothbrush and toothpaste with fluoride, making up a total of 67,6% and most common frequency was 3 times a day with a 26,7% percentage. Only 18.3% of children using the floss. The person who most helped children in cleaning teeth is the mother in a percentage of 84.5%. Seven children perform cleaning your teeth alone (10%). Parents or responsible in 63% of cases, thought that the child's behavior were tranquil during cleanup of the teeth, while 22.5%said that the child refused and 14.5% believed that it was stirred. 69% of children took baby bottle, while 89% sweetened. Sugar was the food more used to soften the bundle being used in 58% of cases, followed by Mucilon (52%). 35.8% of children taken milk overnight, and 65.5% used to take bundle, 31% the breast and 3.5% used glass. Sugar consumption of children was considered high by 37% of those responsible. From dataraised, it was concluded that the dental health situation of children from 0 to 3 years old yellow team's health centre Amílcar Viana Martins is relatively good, though some children already exhibited signs of dental caries disease, very early on, and some risk factors were detected, even in children who do not clinical signs of disease, showing theneed for a follow-up and monitoring by the ESF and the PSF team. The authors suggest a project intervention and a monitoring protocol of children from 0 to 3 years of yellow team of Amilcar Viana Martinss health centre which aims to treat all children with needs, track all children until the age of 5 years, promoting educational work on integration with the ESF and carry out the training of all professional staff yellow,NASF and medical support of health center Amílcar Viana Martins, as regards the recognition of early signs of the disease dental caries, identification of risk factors related to this disease and as basic guidelines dental health, through monthly meetings of the whole team