Fatores Associados À Prevalência E Intensidade De Odontalgia Em Crianças De Municípios Da Região De Campinas, São Paulo

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and intensity of dental pain in children according to size of municipality, associated factors and absenteeism. Methods: The sample consisted of children aged 12 years old from public and private schools drawn from eight cities in the region of Campinas (SP). A questionnaire was applied to obtain dental pain, demographic, socioeconomic data, and a clinical examination was carried out to evaluate the experience of having a cavity. The outcome for the logistic regression analysis was having pain and the outcome for the negative log-binomial regression was the intensity of pain. The significance level was 5%. Results: The sample consisted of 1,233 children, and 16.7% reported pain in the last six months. Dental pain was the cause of 46.4% of school absenteeism during this period. The prevalence of pain was lower among households with high income (p=0.023) and higher among nonwhites (p=0.027). Pain intensity was lower in medium-sized cities (p=0.02) and small cities (p=0.004), and higher in children whose parents had a lower educational level (p=0.003), children who sought out a dentist for the pain (p=0.04) and who had untreated cavities (p=0.04).Conclusions: The prevalence and intensity of dental pain in children aged under 12 are related to socioeconomic aspects of the family, such as low-income and parents with a low level of education, which impact daily activities as seen through school absenteeism. Pain intensity was lower in medium and small cities. Oral health promotion strategies in this age group should be encouraged to avoid dental pain.

Perfil De Urgências Odontológicas No Estado Da Paraíba: Uma Análise Do Pmaq-Ab

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“…Por sua vez, um maior grau de instrução pode ter relação direta com comportamentos positivos em saúde bucal, uma vez que estas pessoas procuram mais o serviço para consultas de prevenção e acompanhamento (PANDOLFI;BARCELLOS;MIOTTO, 2006;MATOS;LOYOLA FILHO, 2012). Por outro lado, indivíduos em situação de maior vulnerabilidade social, como os analfabetos e de menor escolaridade, buscam o serviço por problemas autopercebidos, sendo mais frequentemente submetidos a tratamentos curativos (GUSKUMA et al, 2017). As iniquidades em saúde, com a presença de restrição de acesso, dificultam as oportunidades de tratamento preventivo ou precoce para indivíduos socialmente vulneráveis, aumentando a chance de episódios de urgências nesse grupo social (CASSAL; CAR-DOSO; BAVARESCO, 2011).…”

Prevalence of odontogenic pain and associated factors in children treated at a pediatric dental emergency service

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“…Such impact interferes in their feeding, locomotion, social interactions [4], absenteeism from school [5,6], sleep and recreational activities [7].…”

Dor dentária em usuários de Substâncias Psicoativas dos CAPS AD de Vitória, Vila Velha e Serra, ES, Brasil

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