Author:

• Eduardo José Pereira Oliveira - Oliveira, Eduardo José Pereira - Campos Gerais, MG - Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Odontológicas (Mestrado) - <eduardo.oliveira@oi.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Alessandro Aparecido Pereira - Pereira, AA - Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia - <alessandro.aparecido@unifal-mg.edu.br>
• Vinício Felipe Brasil Rocha - Rocha, Vinício Felipe Brasil - Prefeitura Municipal de Varginha, Coordenação do Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas - <viniciorocha@yahoo.com.br>
• Denismar Alves Nogueira - Nogueira, D.A. - UNIFAL, Instituto de Ciências Exatas - <denismar@unifal-mg.edu.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Bucal

Abstract:

The study’s target was to assess quality of life related to oral health clinical conditions among hypertensive and diabetic from Alfenas, MG, Brazil. This was a household, descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional research with systematic random sample, stratified by Family Health Teams, totalizing 218 subjects. It was applied DMFT, T-Health, FS-T, SiC index, use and need of prosthetics and OHIP-14. Most participants (56.42%) has only Hypertension, is female (67.43%) and is 64.83 (±11.99) years old, ranging between 35 and 93 years. There were no significant differences for the variables among hypertensive, diabetic and hypertensive-diabetic. It was enrolled DMFT=27.16 (±6.15) - 22.94 [±10.46] missing teeth; T-Health=5.23 (±6.52); FS-T=8.53 (±10.12) and SiC=32 (±0.00). 85.78% of the subjects use prosthetics (58.72% Total Denture) and 61.01% need prosthetics (58.26% in the lower arch). The correlations between OHIP-14 (5.37 [±4.95]) and clinical conditions showed that the teeth presence affects psychological dimensions, and use and need of prosthetics were associated with physical and social impacts (p<0.05). It was concluded that edentulism, use and need of prostheses affected the quality of life of hypertensive and diabetics in psychological, physical and social aspects.

Keywords:

Oral healthEpidemiologyQuality of life

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