ICDAS适应早期儿童:拉丁美洲11个国家的流行病学研究
R S Villena1, N Bordoni2, A M Acevedo3
1Universidad San Martin de Porres-USMP, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Lima, Miraflores, Perú.
JDR clinical and translational research
|September 15, 2025
概括
这项研究适应了国际虫检测和评估系统 (ICDAS) 协议,用于拉丁美洲的早期儿童虫 (ECC) 研究. 经过调整的协议证明可用于收集幼儿牙损伤的可比流行病学数据.
科学领域:
- 儿科牙科 儿科牙科
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在美洲,由于方法不同,评估6岁以下儿童的口腔健康是困难的.
- 一个项目培训了11个拉丁美洲国家的研究人员,对幼儿牙进行标准化流行病学研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估适应国际虫检测和评估系统 (ICDAS) 协议的可行性,用于儿童早期虫 (ECC) 的流行病学研究.
- 为了生成对美洲ECC患病率的可比数据.
主要方法:
- 采用了采用简化标准的适应ICDAS协议,包括从空检测开始,并省略ICDAS第1类.
- 培训和标准化了11名研究人员,然后在每个国家培训了当地检查员.
- 对弱势社区12-71个月龄的学龄前儿童的方便样本进行了横截面研究.
主要成果:
- 总共分析了4,535名儿童,显示牙损伤患病率因国家和年龄有显著差异.
- 例如,12-23个月大的d2-6患病率从委内瑞拉的13%到阿根廷的48%不等.
- 较严重的皮的临床表现通常随着年龄的增长而增加.
结论:
- 在11个拉丁美洲国家观察到牙损伤患病率的显著变化.
- 适应的ICDAS协议适用于ECC流行病学研究,方便数据输入并缩短检查时间.
- 这些发现强调了需要对ECC进行详细监测,并在拉丁美洲进行标准化数据收集的必要性.
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