Dental caries in 12-year-old children and associated factors: socio-economic, family environment, access and use of dental services aspects
A cross-sectional and quantitative study aimed at analyzing socio-economic, family environment, access and use of dental services, subjective aspects and their relationship with dental caries in 253 children aged 12 years old enrolled in municipal schools of a medium-sized municipality of south of Brazil. A clinical examination was carried out to collect cases of dental caries using the decayed, missing and filled teeth index (DMFT), classifying children into two groups: Group 1: Caries Free and Group 2: With caries experience.