Nivel de conocimiento de pediatras y médicos familiares sobre la caries de la infancia temprana

The Caries of Early Childhood (ECC) it is defined as the presence of one or more decayed teeth (with cavitated or non-cavitated lesions), lost (due to caries), or with restored surfaces on any primary tooth in children between the ages of 6 years or less. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge of pediatricians and family physicians about early childhood caries. Materials and Methods: 75 health professionals participated in the study in the City of Loja, 43 pediatricians and 32 family doctors, to whom a questionnaire of 18 questions was applied to assess the level of knowledge of ECC; the data were analyzed statistically by applying the Student's T test with a degree of significance of 95% (p<0,05). Results: when assessing knowledge it was found that pediatric doctors have adequate knowledge about the ECC in a 86,04%; while family physicians presented adequate knowledge about ECC in a 75%; when comparing knowledge about ECC of both specialties with respect to the time of professional practice they have, it was determined that 88.75% of pediatricians with professional practice time over six years have adequate knowledge and 90% of family doctors with more than six years of professional practice have adequate knowledge. The statistical test determined that there is no significant difference for the study groups (p>0.05). Conclusions: Pediatric doctors have an adequate level of knowledge superior to the family doctors; however, both specialties have basic levels for the detection of this disease. Keywords: infant, health personnel, prevention, baby bottle.

• Autore principale: Valdivieso Bermeo, María Fernanda (author)
• Natura: bachelorThesis
• Lingua: spa
• Pubblicazione: 2019
• Soggetti: CARIES; SALUD ORAL; TRATAMIENTO - CARIES
• Accesso online: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/21968