Odontalgia associada a variáveis socioeconômicas, psicossociais e saúde bucal

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Knowing factors associated with dental pain is important to provide adequate intervention and attention to this major health care problem. This study aimed at understanding the prevalence of dental pain as reason for the most recent dental appointment among 15-year old adolescents and at checking its association with socioeconomic factors, behavioral variables and oral health. METHOD: The probabilistic sample was made up of 592 students of 10 state schools. Dental pain variable was evaluated by questionnaires applied at the school. Clinical oral exam was performed according to World Health Organization's criteria and remaining variables were investigated by self-applicable questionnaires. Data were classified by the Excel program and Odds Ratio was used to associate variables. RESULTS: From 592 participants, 33.44% have reported dental pain as reason for their most recent dental appointment. After statistical analysis, dental pain was associated with low income (p = 0.04), higher number of people living in the same home (p < 0.01), low frequency of daily tooth brushing (p = 0.01), long interval between dental appointments (p < 0.001), longer time elapsed since last dental appointment (p < 0.001), dental anxiety (p < 0.01), consumption of cariogenic food (p = 0.03), high dental caries experience (p < 0.01) and with the presence of untreated dental caries (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Dental pain is related to dental caries experience and activity and to socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, showing the need for further attention to these conditions.

Dor de dentes e fatores associados entre adolescentes de um município de grande porte populacional no Nordeste brasileiro

“…It is noticeable that there is no consensus in scientific literature about the association between toothache and gender, sometimes with higher prevalence of this condition in males 34 , sometimes in females 5,19 . Regarding age group, statistically significant difference was observed among younger adolescents who had toothache at some point in their lives, corroborating findings of other authors 11,12,33 ; as well as among older adolescents, who did not experience toothache in the last 6 months, corroborating other studies 12,35 .…”

“…However, it is well known that the simply fact that the adolescent has toothache and needs some more invasive procedure leads the individual may have some degree of anxiety. Such considerations have been evidenced in other studies 11,37 .…”

“…Studies have highlighted close relationships between toothache and certain factors, including: access to oral health services, anxiety and dental fear [11][12][13] .…”

Project SB Brasil 2010: individual and contextual factors that have impact on dental caries prevalence

“…7 The importance of the education of the parents' of children and adolescents in determining the etiology of caries, has also been consolidated. 6 In addition to these factors, self-perception of oral health status and forms of access to public oral health services have also been found to be associated with the prevalence of caries in diverse populations (Borges et al, 2008;Brasil, 2011). In the context in which the individual is inserted, the Family Financial Grant Program is emphasized.…”

Perfil dos pacientes atendidos na Clínica Escola de Odontologia da Universidade de Gurupi nos últimos 2 (dois) anos

“…Melo (2014) explica que esse resultado mostra que a população em geral busca um tratamento odontológico apenas em situações de emergência, ou seja, quando há uma evidência de dor. Ferreira et al (2012) acrescenta ainda que a dor de dente é causada por vários fatores, mas destaca que se deve sobretudo, à baixa frequência de escovação diária, ao alto intervalo entre as consultas odontológicas, à ansiedade odontológica, ao consumo de alimentos cariogênicos, à alta incidência de cárie e à presença de lesão cariosa não tratada.…”