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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1561-31942023000800005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto del potencial cariogénico en las loncheras de los niños de inicial en la Institución Educativa &#8220;Mariano Aguilera&#8221;]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Impact of the cariogenic potential in the lunchboxes of kindergarten children at the "Mariano Aguilera" Educational Institution]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nayely Lisbeth]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gavilanes-Villamarin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sivia Marisol]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Armijos-Moreta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cleonares-Borbor]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aurelia María]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santo Domingo. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000800005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000800005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000800005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La caries es una enfermedad bucodental que se encarga de destruir y desmineralizar los tejidos duros de los dientes mediante las bacterias cariogénicas.  Objetivo:  caracterizar el riesgo cariogénico de los escolares de tres a cinco años de la Institución Educativa &#8220;Mariano Aguilera&#8221;.  Métodos:  se realizó una investigación descriptiva, observacional de corte transversal para conocer el potencial cariogénico en niños de la Institución Educativa &#8220;Mario Aguilera&#8221; en Santo Domingo. Ecuador. en niños de tres a cinco años, la muestra estuvo constituida por 40 niños que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión y exclusión. Para evaluar el riesgo cariogénico se utilizó una encuesta que evaluó varias dimensiones, se utilizó la encuesta planteada por Lipari y Andrade y se empleó la estadística descriptiva.  Resultados:  predominó el sexo femenino (55 %) y el grupo etario de mayor incidencia fue el de cuatro-cinco años (67,5 %), el 50 % de los niños van con frecuencia al odontólogo, el 63 % de estos se cepilla los dientes dos veces al día, el 83 % de los escolares nunca ha empleado el hilo dental como técnica coadyuvante de la higiene bucal y todo esto conlleva a que se observó que la población tiene una alta probabilidad de incidencia de caries.  Conclusiones:  los estudiantes de tres a cinco años de la Institución Educativa &#8220;Mariano Aguilera&#8221; tienen un riesgo cariogénico alto.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Caries is an oral disease that is responsible for destroying and demineralizing the hard tissues of the teeth by means of cariogenic bacteria.  Objective: to  characterize the cariogenic risk of school children between three and five years of age at the "Mariano Aguilera" Educational Institution.  Methods:  a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional research was carried out to determine the cariogenic potential in children of the "Mario Aguilera" Educational Institution in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. Ecuador. The sample consisted of 40 children who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. To evaluate cariogenic risk, a survey was used to evaluate several dimensions, the survey proposed by Lipari and Andrade was used and descriptive statistics were employed.  Results:  the female sex predominated (55 %) and the age group with the highest incidence was four to five years of age (67,5 %), 50 % of the children went to the dentist frequently, 63 % of them brushed their teeth twice a day, 83 % of the school children had never used dental floss as an adjuvant technique in oral hygiene and all this led to the observation that the population had a high probability of caries incidence.  Conclusions:  The students from three to five years of age of the "Mariano Aguilera" Educational Institution have a high cariogenic risk.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[DENTAL CARIES]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[FEEDING BEHAVIOR]]></kwd>
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