Relation between oral health and socioeconomic variables among schoolchildren aged 12 in the City of Manaus - AM

Acta Amazonica

Lauramaris De Arruda Régis-aranha²  Marcelo De Castro Meneghim¹  Antonio Carlos Pereira¹  Nícia Marques De Almeida Oliveira²  Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano¹  Fábio Luiz Mialhe¹ 

[1] ,Universidade do Estado do Amazonas Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde Departamento do curso de OdontologiaManaus AM ,Brazil

关键词: Epidemiology;    Periodontal Diseases;    DMF index;    Epidemiologia;    doenças periodontais;    índice CPO;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1809-4392201305302

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Studies have shown that the age of 12 was determined as the age of global monitoring of caries for international comparisons and monitoring of disease trends. The aimed was to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries, fluorosis and periodontal condition and their relation with socioeconomic factors among schoolchildren aged twelve in the city of Manaus, AM. This study with a probabilistic sample of 661 children was conducted, 609 from public and 52 from private schools, in 2008. Dental caries, periodontal condition and dental fluorosis were evaluated. In order to obtain the socioeconomic classification of each child (high, upper middle, middle, lower middle, low and lower low socioeconomic classes), the guardians were given a questionnaire. The mean decayed teeth, missing teeth, and filled teeth (DMFT) found at age twelve was 1.89. It was observed that the presence of dental calculus was the most severe periodontal condition detected in 39.48%. In relation to dental fluorosis, there was a low prevalence in the children examined, i.e., the more pronounced lines of opacity only occasionally merge, forming small white areas. The study showed a significant association of 5% among social class with dental caries and periodontal condition. In schoolchildren of Manaus there are low mean of DMFT and fluorosis, but a high occurrence of gingival bleeding.

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