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(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2017) Palacios Navarro, Blanca Luz; Galvez Ramirez, Carlos Michell
The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of dental caries in children aged 3 to 5 years in relation to sociodemographic factors at I.E.I. Los Laureles, Lima – Peru, in 2017. During the process, an evaluation instrument was created. The sample consisted of 178 children aged 3 to 5 years from I.E.I. Los Laureles, with at least one of their parents, who were given a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics. The data collected were processed using SPSS version 22, and the Chi-square statistical test was applied. The results showed that 37.6% of the children had very low dental caries prevalence, 10.7% had low prevalence, 13.5% had moderate prevalence, 16.9% had high dental caries prevalence, and 21.3% had very high prevalence. Children aged 5 years had more dental caries than children aged 3 and 4 years. Also, girls had more dental caries than boys. Additionally, 64% of children with very low dental caries prevalence had visited the dentist in the last 6 months, 71.4% of children with very low prevalence had married parents, and 61.5% of children with very low dental caries prevalence had parents with primary education, 47.5% with secondary education, and 35% with higher education. The study concluded that 37.6% of children aged 3 to 5 years at I.E.I. Los Laureles had a low prevalence of dental caries.