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1638/2011 - Inequalities in the distribution of dental caries in Brazil: a bioethical approach
Desigualdades na distribuição da cárie dentária no Brasil: uma abordagem bioética

Author:

• Simone de Melo Costa - Costa, S.M. - MONTES CLAROS - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS- UFMG/ UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MONTES CLAROS - UNIMONTES - <smelocosta@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9990-9083

Co-author(s):

• Marta Verdi - Verdi, M. - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC - <verdi@mbox1.ufsc.br>
• Efigenia Ferreira e Ferreira - Ferreira, E.F - Belo Horizonte,, MG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG - <efigeniaf@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-211X
• Mara Vasconcelos - Vasconcelos, M. - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-UFMG - <maravas@uol.com.br>
• RITA DE CÁSSIA GABRIELLI SOUZA LIMA - SOUZA LIMA, R.C.G. - FLORIANÓPOLIS, SC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC - <rcgslima@terra.com.br>
• Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu - Abreu, M.H.N.G. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS - <maurohenriqueabreu@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-5725

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

This article aimed to analyze the problem of dental caries as a public health matter of epidemiological relevance. This is a case study from documentary analysis of national-based epidemiological surveys on oral health in the years 1986, 2003 and 2010, having the Bioethics of Protection as an analytical support. The surveys have shown inequalities between population groups; and such inequalities were analyzed with respect to the reduction of the disease in the younger population, access to oral health care, and tooth loss, which is the worst outcome for tooth decay. The good results presented in the surveys have not reached the whole population; data have shown inequalities regarding family income and region in Brazil. It was also found that from 2003 government interventions in protective actions such as the adoption of criteria of fairness in the allocation of health resources and inclusion of vulnerable population have contributed to caries reduction. Nevertheless, it is considered necessary to go further in oral health care models by using Epidemiology as a structuring tool, and an interface with a socially responsible protective bioethics, since regional differences remained outstanding in the analysis.

Keywords:

Epidemiology Oral Health Public Policies Bioethics

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Costa, S.M., Verdi, M., Ferreira, E.F, Vasconcelos, M., SOUZA LIMA, R.C.G., Abreu, M.H.N.G.. Inequalities in the distribution of dental caries in Brazil: a bioethical approach. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Oct). [Citado em 13/04/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/inequalities-in-the-distribution-of-dental-caries-in-brazil-a-bioethical-approach/8907



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