[Experience, prevalence, severity, treatment needs for dental caries and care index in Mexican adolescents and young adults].

Objective: To determine the experience, prevalence and severity of dental caries as well as to establish the treatment needs and restorative care in adolescents and young adults.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 638 subjects 16-25 years old candidates to enter to state public university of San Luis Potosí, México. For caries detection was used the DMFT index (sum of decayed teeth + missing teeth + filled teeth in the permanent dentition).

Dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity in Mexican adolescents and young adults.

Objective: Determining dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity in students applying for degree courses at San Luis Potosi University (UASLP).

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving adolescents and young adults (16 to 25 years old) applying for undergraduate courses at UASLP (approximately 10 %, n=1 027). Two standardized examiners undertook dental examinations; DMFT index, prevalence (DMFT>0), severity (DMFT>3 and DMFT>6) and significant caries index (SiC) were calculated.