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ROSA, Denise Paiva da; SILVA, Ana Paula da; CASTILHOS, Eduardo Dickie de  e  BIGHETTI, Tania Izabel. Prevalence of dental caries in two municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in year of 2010. RFO UPF [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.2, pp. 193-199. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs of children aged 5 and 12 years in the cities of Sobradinho and Tavares, RS, 2010. Materials and method: We conducted a cross sectional study, using the recommendations of the Word Health Organization (WHO), by two calibrated examiners (interexaminer Kappa of 0.92, 0.97 to 0.92 for examiner A and examiner B). We calculated DMFT and dmft, and SiC Index for the ages and DMFT for permanent first molars. Results: We examined 115 children and 91 Sobradinho in Tavares. Were caries free at 5 years 32.4% of children Sobradinho and 45.7% of Tavares. The DMFT was 1.05 and 2.80 in Sobradinho in Tavares. The SiC Index for five years was 6.70 in Sobradinho and 7.60 in Tavares, for 12 years was 2.80 and 4.90 respectively. The need for treatment prevailing in the two cities both for 5 years to 12 years was as remineralization. Conclusions: The two cities did not meet the WHO's goal for the year 2010 to five years. For 12 years the city of Sobradinho is very close to achieving it. The treatment needs were little complex for the two municipalities. It was found that there is need for collective and individual preventive and early diagnosis aimed at pre-school since the first permanent molars were responsible for a considerable percentage of the composition of DMFT at age 12.

Palavras-chave : Health surveys.; Dental caries.; Child health..