Introduction

Dental caries, periodontal disease, oral and pharyngeal cancer are considered the major global problems that affect oral health in most industrialized countries and the poorest communities in developing countries was said by the World Health Organization (WHO). The increase of oral diseases show the need of integral approach to promotion of oral health.

Objective

Determine oral health and the need of treatment of dentist students at FES Iztacala, UNAM.

Material and methods

Non-experimental, comparative and cross-sectional study with the whole 2005-1 generation was made. The WHO oral health survey was used.

Results

536 subjects between the ages of 17 to 44 were studied, (mean 19.15) 30% males and 70% females. Many of them had healthy extraoral and intraoral tissues. Caries were present in 98.6% of the subjects. DMF was 2.28, with a minimum of 0 and a maximus of 6.25. Significant differences by sex in DMF, number of healthy teeth, obtured, and lost were found, in all cases in favor of men.

Conclusion

A decrease of DMF was observed, but many subjects had caries and an increase in prevalence of dental fluorosis and malocclusions.