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2110/2012 - Toothache and socioeconomic conditions among adolescents in Northeastern Brazil.
Dor de dente e condições socioeconômicas entre adolescentes no Nordeste brasileiro - REAPRESENTAÇÃO

Author:

• Luiz Roberto Augusto Noro - Noro, L.R.A. - Natal, RN - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - <luiz_noro@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-0154

Co-author(s):

• Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli - Roncalli, A.G. - UFRN - <roncalli@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-697X
• Francisco Ivan Rodrigues Mendes Júnior - Mendes Jr, F.I.R. - Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará - <ivanj@saude.ce.gov.br>
• Kenio Costa Lima - Lima, K.C. - UFRN - <limke@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-4398
• Ana Karine Macedo Teixeira - Teixeira, AKM - UFC - <anakarinemt@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Bucal

Abstract:

The scope of this study was to correlate toothache with socioeconomic conditions, access to oral health facilities and lifestyle of adolescents in Sobral, Ceará, featured as cross-sectional analytical study, with sample composed of 688 adolescents. The prevalence of toothache in the study group was 31.8% (CI 95% = 28.3 – 35.3). A chi-squared test of association was performed to measure the relationship between independent variables and toothache, estimating the prevalence ratio by Poisson regression. Factors demonstrated the closest relationship with toothache were cavity severity, the reason for dental treatment being related to urgency, dental attendance and receiving toothbrushes at school. It was observed that the high prevalence of dental pain in adolescents is directly linked to the access conditions, as well the features of the actions developed by the health services. While there is need for the deployment of services related to health promotion, guided by equity and integrality, it is necessary to introduce emergency services to intervene not just in pain so crippling, but it is seen as a mechanism to stimulate the development procedures for the prevention of oral diseases.

Keywords:

Dental Caries Toothache Adolescent Social Conditions Dental Health Services

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Noro, L.R.A., Roncalli, A.G., Mendes Jr, F.I.R., Lima, K.C., Teixeira, AKM. Toothache and socioeconomic conditions among adolescents in Northeastern Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Nov). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/toothache-and-socioeconomic-conditions-among-adolescents-in-northeastern-brazil/11775?id=11775



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