Dental caries in inland Brazilian adolescents and its relationship with social determinants

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Andréa Videira Assaf¹  Angela Scarparo Caldo-teixeira¹  Flavia Maia Silveira¹  Maria Isabel Bastos Valente¹  Rafael Gomes Ditterich¹  Roberta Barcelos¹ 

关键词: risk factors;    social class;    dental caries;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1677-3225v13n2a11

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AIM: To identify the prevalence of dental caries in inland Brazilian adolescents, and to analyze the influence of socio-demographic and clinical variables, and access to dental service on caries experience.METHODS: This study had a non-probabilistic sample comprising 504 adolescents aged 12 years, attending public schools in the city of Nova Friburgo, mountain region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1997) criterion was used by previously calibrated examiners to report dental caries. Variables were obtained by means of a semi-structured questionnaire applied to the adolescents' parents.RESULTS: The D3MFT mean was 1.90 and the Significant Caries (SIC) Index was 4.54, mainly represented by the carious component. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that parents with over 8 years of schooling (OR=0.579), absence of pain (OR=0.396) and not visiting the dentist (OR=0.270) might suggest protective factors against the disease; the possible risk factors were male gender (OR=1.982) and pain, extraction and others were reasons for consultation (OR=2.435).CONCLUSIONS: Although the prevalence of caries was slightly below the national mean, polarization of the disease was clearly observed. Education and no access to the dentist led to protection against the disease. These results may contribute to planning of oral health actions directed towards this target population for the control of caries.

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