Experiência de Cárie Dentária e Fatores Associados em Escolares de um Município com Fluoretação na Água

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Author	Rigo, Lilian Junior, Arnaldo Souza, Eliane
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Objetivo: Investigar a influencia de fatores demograficos, socioeconomicos, de acesso a servicos odontologicos e de habitos de higiene na experiencia de carie dentaria em escolares do municipio de Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Metodo: Estudo transversal, sendo a amostra composta por 535 escolares com 12 e 15-19 anos de idade. Para a coleta de dados, foram realizados exames clinicos utilizando o indice CPOD e questionario semi-estruturado com informacoes referentes as caracteristicas demograficas, de acesso a servicos odontologicos e habitos de higiene bucal, respondido pelos proprios alunos. A associacao entre o desfecho carie dentaria e as variaveis exploratorias foram verificadas por analise de regressao logistica simples e multipla, utilizando-se um nivel de 5% de significância.Resultados: Os escolares com idade entre 15 e 19 anos tiveram quase tres vezes mais chance de ter carie dentaria do que os escolares de 12 anos (OR=2,78; IC95% 1,51-5,11). Morar em residencias que tem seis ou mais numero de comodos na casa foi considerado um fator de protecao para carie dentaria nos escolares (OR=0,60; IC95% 0,37-0,99). Conclusao: A idade e a quantidade de comodos da casa foram fatores associados a carie dentaria no grupo de escolares (AU) Objective: To investigate the influence of demographic, socioeconomic and access to dental services factors, besides oral hygiene on dental caries and fluorosis dental in 535 students in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Method: Cross-sectional study, the sample comprised 535 students with 12 and 15-19 years old. For data collection clinical examination was performed using DMF index and a semi-structured questionnaire with information pertaining to demographic characteristics, access to dental care and oral hygiene habits. The association between the outcome caries and the exploratory variables properly gathered were verified by simple and multiple logistic regression analysis with a level of significance of 5%. Results: Students aging from 15 to 19 had almost three times higher chances of having caries in comparison to 12-year-old students (OR=2.78; IC95% 1.51-5.11). To live in houses with six or more rooms was a factor of protection for dental caries in students (OR=0.60; IC95% 0.37-0.99). Conclusion: Age and number of rooms were factors associated with the dental caries (AU)
Starting Page	407
Ending Page	415
Page Count	9
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DOI	10.4034/PBOCI.2011.113.16
Volume Number	11
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://revista.uepb.edu.br/index.php/pboci/article/viewFile/897/697
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.4034/PBOCI.2011.113.16
Language	English
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