Primer Relevamiento Nacional de Salud Bucal en población joven y adulta uruguaya

This is the First National Oral Health Survey of the young and adult urban population in Uruguay, conducted between 2010 and 2011 by Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. This is a population-based health survey that collected information on caries, periodontal diseases, mucosal lesions, malocclusions, and sociocultural risk factors, using a methodology based on National Surveys, Basic Methods (WHO, 1997) through a phased cluster-stratified sampling with two independent samples, one from the inland departments (n = 922) and another from Montevideo (n = 563), considering individuals aged 15–24, 35–44, and 65–74.

Information was collected in households through a clinical examination and a sociocultural questionnaire. Throughout the life cycle of this project, several publications have been produced; some are based on data from the first phase—which covers the interior of the country through 2015—while subsequent publications cover the entire country, including Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, which accounts for one-third of the sample.