Dental pain prevalence associated with caries experience in pediatric patients in a clinical sample in Mexico
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The aim of this study was to identify if the prevalence of dental pain (past and / or present) is associated with caries experience in Mexican children, as well as to characterize factors associated with dental pain. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a consecutive sample of 309 children 2 to 12 years old who were patients at a dental school clinic in Toluca, Mexico. Data were collected from clinical records. The dependent variable had three categories: 0 = have never had dental pain, 1 = had dental pain before the appointment, and 2 = current dental pain. Non-parametric statistical tests were used in the analysis. A multivariate multinomial logistic regression model was generated in Stata 11.0. Average age was 5.71 ± 2.43 years and 50.8%25 were boys. The joint dmft%2bDMFT index was 9.11 ± 4.19. It was observed that 56.6%25 of children did not report having experienced dental pain, 30.7%25 reported having previously had dental pain, and 12.6%25 had pain when the clinical appointment took place. In the multivariate model, variables associated (p <. 05) with previous dental pain were age (OR = 1.13); the dmft %2b DMFT index (OR = 1.13), having had a last dental visit for curative/emergency reasons (OR = 2.41) and prior experience of dental trauma (OR = 2.59). For current pain, only the joint dmft %2b DMFT index (OR = 1.10, p < 0.05) had significant associations. Almost half of the children had experienced dental pain in their lifetime. Since caries experience is a factor associated with dental pain, decreasing caries levels may ameliorate suffering from dental pain in children. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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Child Health; Dental Caries; Epidemiology; Oral Health; Pain child; cross-sectional study; dental caries; DMF index; human; male; Mexico; pain; preschool child; prevalence; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Caries; Dental Caries Susceptibility; DMF Index; Humans; Male; Mexico; Pain; Prevalence
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