Verificou-se a experiência da cárie dentária em adolescentes de 15 a 19 anos, considerando-se prevalência e severidade da doença, segundo idade, gênero, etnia e fluoretação das águas. Foi um estudo transversal realizado com dados do levantamento epidemiológico do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, 2002, no qual 1.825 adolescentes foram examinados em seus domicílios, por 132 cirurgiões-dentistas em 35 municípios. Utilizaram-se os testes qui-quadrado, Kruskal-Wallis e Mann-Whitney (alfa= 5%). Com o SiC Index, definiu-se um terço dos indivíduos com maior experiência de cárie. O índice CPO-D foi 6,44 (dp = 4,60) e o SiC Index 11,68. O percentual de livres de cárie foi 9,6%. Não houve diferença entre o CPO-D dos municípios com e sem fluoretação, entretanto houve maior porcentagem de livres de cárie nos municípios com água fluoretada. O gênero masculino teve pior condição em relação à cárie que o gênero feminino. Os não-brancos tiveram maior percentual de dentes cariados e perdidos que os brancos. Sugere-se, portanto, a ênfase em estratégias que possam atenuar os danos causados pela progressão da doença, especialmente no grupo com maior experiência de cárie dentária.
Dental caries has a multifactorial etiology, including socio-economic variables and access to dental care, which were discussed in the national survey conducted in 2002. The aim of this study was to investigate the socio-economic aspects and access to dental care, associated with caries prevalence and severity in adolescents from the State of São Paulo. The study design was cross-sectional, on which data on 1,825 adolescents aged 15 to 19 years achieved from the data of an epidemiological survey conducted in the State of São Paulo in 2002 were analyzed. Epidemiological exams and interviews with previously formulated questions were used in the survey. The Significant Caries Index (SiC Index) was utilized to determine the group with higher caries experience. Frequency distribution and chi-square association tests were carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable (DMFT). Confidence intervals and odds ratio (OR) were estimated. The risk factors pointed as indicators of presence of dental caries were as follows: not being a student, studying at public schools, family income lower than 5 Brazilian minimum wages. Moreover, not having an own house or a car seemed to contribute to caries experience. With regard to the access to public dental care, the adolescents assisted at public centers and looking for emergency dental care had the higher caries experience. Thus, the results showed that social deprivation is associated with caries experience in adolescents from the State of São Paulo.
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