Cárie dentária e necessidades de tratamento em adolescentes paulistas

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in 12-year-olds and adolescents. (2002) and 300 (2010) 15-to 19-year-olds were analyzed. Dental caries attack was evaluated using the DMFT (decayed, missing or fi lled teeth) index and the need for treatment verifi ed using the criteria proposed by the World Health Organization. The Signifi cant Caries Index was used to measure the severity of the decay in the tercile of the group with the highest prevalence of the disease. In order to analyze the results, the Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney tests were used, with a 5% signifi cance. METHODS: RESULTS:There was a decrease of 39.3 percentage points in the DMFT index for 12-year-olds (p < 0.001) and of 41.1 percentage points for the adolescents (p < 0.001) between 2002 and 2010, and an increase of around 161.0 and 303.0 percentage in the group which was free from dental caries respectively. The percentage of restored teeth decreased in both age groups, although the prevalence of dental caries did not change in the group more affected by dental caries. In the group with few dental caries, there was a decrease in the component 'tooth loss' for adolescents and increase in the component 'decayed teeth' for the 12-yearsold and the adolescents. There was an increase in the need for dental treatment in the group as a whole and in the group of 12-year-olds more affected by dental caries; and among the adolescents, the need for restoration on two or more surface decreased in the group as a whole and also in the group which suffered least from dental caries. CONCLUSIONS:The decreasing need for non-complex treatment in adolescents suggests that promotion and prevention activities are having a positive effect on this group. Moreover, the two epidemiological surveys in the state of Sao Paulo show improvements in oral health conditions in both age groups studied and calls for monitoring aimed also at the group least affected by dental caries.

Oral health of 12-year-old children in Quito, Ecuador: a population-based epidemiological survey

“…Considering the Brazilian results obtained in 2010, this value was lower, since in Brazil was observed a DMF-T mean of 2.04 [25]. Nevertheless, it was similar to the DMF-T value obtained in big cities, for instance São Paulo (DMF-T around 1.4), the most populous Brazilian city [26].…”

Dental caries experience and related risk indicators of 12-year-old students in Jilin, China

“…The total mean DMFT value is 1.53, which is lower than the number in the literature reported in Eritrea (2.5), [ 18 ] in Brazil (2.04), [ 40 ] and in Quito (1.6), [ 4 ] but higher than that of 0.14 in Nigeria, [ 41 ] 0.42 in Sudan, [ 42 ] and 0.42 in Kenya, [ 43 ] 1.4 in São Paulo. [ 44 ] Our result reflects that the dietary habits, application of dental care facilities, awareness, and dental care practice in Jilin Province are at the middle level in the world and further improvement is needed.…”

Oral health in the agenda of priorities in public health

“…This phenomenon, referred to as polarization of dental caries experience 35 , was also described and analyzed in the pages of RSP for different age groups 3 , 16 , 55 .…”