Influencia y variabilidad de la lactancia materna en la aparición de caries de temprana infancia en la Clínica UCSGA 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Early childhood caries is a multifactorial bacterial disease, recognized for constituting a series of changes in the nursing patient, mainly affecting the upper teeth, affecting 60-90% of school-age children, associated with risk factors such as breastfeeding habits, hygiene and social status. Objective: To determine the influence and variability of breastfeeding in the appearance of early childhood caries. Materials and methods: Study with a quantitative approach, cross-sectional; nonexperimental descriptive design. The sample consisted of 86 children between the ages of 3 and 11 registered at the UCSG Dental Clinic. Data were obtained through clinical parameters and parent surveys. Results: It was determined that the ceod index was very high in 48% of the sample and the IHOS index 58% gave regular hygiene. The lactation period that prevailed was from 0 to 6 months with 29%. Discussion: Authors such as García and Injante establish that mothers who provided breast milk to their children predominated in their studies. Conclusion: It was concluded that although the nature of early childhood caries is truly multifactorial, there is no statistically robust relationship between prolonged breastfeeding and the occurrence of ECC; however, the variables of knowledge, social stratum, level of education, are closely related in terms of the mother's knowledge of the child's hygiene.