Access to oral healthcare services of adolescents of a large-size municipality in northeastern Brazil

Massoni, Andreza Cristina de Lima Targino; Porto, Érika; Ferreira, Luizy Raquel Barbosa Oliveira; Gomes, Monalisa da Nóbrega Cesarino; Perazzo, Matheus França; Cavalcanti, Silvana Maria de Morais; Granville‐Garcia, Ana Flávia

doi:10.1590/1807-3107bor-2020.vol34.0029

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“…In this study, the absence of toothache was associated with having visited a dentist, probably because students without toothache seek preventive care more often. A Brazilian study with adolescents aged 12‐19 did not find an association between dental pain and the use of dental services in the previous 6 months 29 . Divergences probably occurred due to differences in the criteria for assessing the dental visits period (previous 6 months) and due to the broader age range.…”

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Oral health literacy, sociodemographic, family, and clinical predictors of dental visits among Brazilian early adolescents

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Lima

Dutra

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Int J Paed Dentistry

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Background The prevalence of dental caries is high in adolescents worldwide, and a large percentage have never been to a dentist or have not had regular dental appointments. Aim To evaluate the influence of oral health literacy and sociodemographic, clinical, and family factors on dental visits among early adolescents. Design A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 740 12‐year‐old students in Campina Grande, Brazil. Students answered about their level of oral health literacy (BREALD‐30), levels of family adaptability and cohesion (FACES III), and visits to the dentist sometime in life. Dental caries experience was evaluated using Nyvad criteria. Robust Poisson regression for complex samples was performed. Results A higher level of oral health literacy (PR = 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01‐1.03), high social class (PR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.09‐1.50), higher mother's schooling (PR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.37‐1.83), family cohesion classified as enmeshed (PR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.19‐2.02) and connected (PR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.02‐1.44), and the absence of toothache (PR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.01‐1.38) remained associated with having visited a dentist. Conclusions Oral health literacy and sociodemographic, family, and clinical factors were predictors of having visited a dentist among early adolescents.

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Oral health literacy, sociodemographic, family, and clinical predictors of dental visits among Brazilian early adolescents

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“…26 Moreover, even considering that from a legal point of view BNHS is an universal and free system, it still delivers limited population coverage. 33,34 Limited access to specialized dental services may lead to more teeth extraction caused by the lack of access to essential preventive and restorative treatments at primary health care level. 35 The positive association between greater access to individual dental care and DDD/1,000 residents/ year warrants further study to evaluate whether municipalities presented fewer dental emergencies and could instead provide comprehensive dental care.…”

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What we know about antibiotics prescribed by dentists in a Brazilian southeastern state

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The objective of this study was to analyze possible associations between antibiotic dental prescriptions in the public health service, health service characteristics, and social characteristics of the municipalities. Using the register of dispensing in the public health service of a state in the Southeast region of Brazil, in 2017 we analyzed patterns of antibiotic prescriptions by dentists. Data were obtained from the Integrated Pharmaceutical Services Management System (SIGAF, in Portuguese). The outcome variable was the number of Daily Defined Doses (DDD) per 1,000 residents/year in each municipality. CART (Classification and Regression Tree) technique was used to determine the influence of the following variables: populational social characteristics (Human Development Index, Gini Index, the proportion of rural population and proportion of families benefiting from the Bolsa Família Program) and oral health services characteristics (access to individual dental care, number of dentists and oral health teams per 1,000 residents, and percentage of preventive and restorative individual dental procedures. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0. Antibiotics were the medications most prescribed by dentists in the public health service, with penicillin being the most frequently prescribed class. The average DDD/1,000 residents/year for the 421 municipalities surveyed was 96.54 (range 0.008 and 619.660). Select factors were associated with antibiotic prescriptions including access to individual dental care (Adjusted p-value ≤0.001), a number of oral health teams/1,000 inhabitants (Adjusted p-value=0.001), and Gini Index (Adjusted p-value = 0.046). Access to oral health services and inequality were associated with the use of antibiotics.

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“…It may also lead to discomfort which may influence the self-perceived need for dental treatment. In this sense, a previous study conducted in Brazil with adolescents aged 15–19 demonstrated that dental pain at any time in life was associated with a higher prevalence of dental visits [ 13 ], indicating a symptomatic pattern for seeking dental services among adolescents [ 14 ]. This could be avoided through oral health education regimens to stimulate preventive dental appointments in addition to dental visits only due to clinical symptoms.…”

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“…Also, oral hygiene practices are often neglected during adolescence and this group is exposed to risk factors for oral diseases such as unbalanced sugar intake and a low frequency of dental visits [ 10 – 12 ]. Moreover, a previous study conducted in Brazil among adolescents demonstrated that the self-perceived need for dental treatment was the main reason for dental visits for this age group [ 13 ].…”

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Family Cohesion Is Associated with the Self-Perceived Need for Dental Treatment among Adolescents

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This study explored the association between family cohesion and self-perceived need for dental treatment among adolescents. A school-based representative cross-sectional study was conducted with 746 students aged 15 to 19 randomly selected from schools in Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/guardians provided information on sociodemographic data, and students completed questionnaires about the self-perceived need for dental treatment, dental pain, and family cohesion and adaptability (FACES III). Two dentists were trained (kappa >0.80) to diagnosis dental caries using the Nyvad criteria and assess adolescents’ level of functional oral health literacy (BREALD-30). Descriptive analysis was performed, followed by nonadjusted and adjusted robust binary logistic regression for complex samples ( α = 5 % ). The prevalence of self-perceived need for dental treatment was 88.6%. The presence of dental caries ( OR = 2.10 ; IC 95%: 1.22–3.61), tooth loss ( OR = 15.81 ; IC 95%: 2.14–116.56), dental pain in the last six months ( OR = 1.87 ; IC 95%: 1.06–3.31), and enmeshed family cohesion type ( OR = 10.23 ; IC 95%: 3.96–26.4) remained associated with the self-perceived need for dental treatment in the final model. In conclusion, dental caries, dental pain, tooth loss, and family cohesion influenced the self-perceived need for dental treatment in adolescents.

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Access to oral healthcare services of adolescents of a large-size municipality in northeastern Brazil

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Oral health literacy, sociodemographic, family, and clinical predictors of dental visits among Brazilian early adolescents

Oral health literacy, sociodemographic, family, and clinical predictors of dental visits among Brazilian early adolescents

What we know about antibiotics prescribed by dentists in a Brazilian southeastern state

Family Cohesion Is Associated with the Self-Perceived Need for Dental Treatment among Adolescents

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