OICAL nodes are key points of collaboration and action throughout Latin America. Each node represents a working network made up of academic institutions and professionals committed to research on dental caries in childhood and adolescence.

These nodes allow for data collection, intervention implementation, and real-time knowledge exchange, ensuring that the Observatory's actions are local, relevant, and with an integral focus for the entire region.

Studies

Many parents/caregivers believe in the myth that it is not necessary to take the infant to the dentist, as they have no teeth or the temporary teeth will be replaced by permanent ones.