Abstract

LIMA, Márcia Cristina Pereira de Souza et al. Oral health status of children admitted to the Children’s Municipal Hospital of Imperatriz - Maranhão. Rev. Bras. Odontol. [online]. 2016, vol.73, n.1, pp. 24-29. ISSN 1984-3747.

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the oral health status of children hospitalized at Children’s Municipal Hospital Imperatriz - MA. The sample consisted of 80 children of both sexes, aged between 02 to 12 years hospitalized for at least 03 days. As for the distribution of the average ceo-d and CPOD age, hospitalized children 05 to 07 years had higher caries prevalence. The IHOS, aged between 02 to 05, revealed a poor oral hygiene. It was found that the oral health of hospitalized children is committed, with a high index of caries in the primary dentition. The oral hygiene does not occur neither systematically nor targeted during the hospitalization period, with a low adherence to oral hygiene procedures.

Keywords : oral health; dental caries; prevalence..