Structuring adolescent’s oral health effects on labour market entry in a cohort study

Ortiz, Fernanda Ruffo; Ardenghi, Thiago Machado; Maroneze, Marília Cunha; Paiva, Saul Martins; Pordeus, Isabela Almeida

doi:10.1111/ipd.12729

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“…In addition, use of pit and fissure sealants prevents dental caries in adolescents ( 24 , 54 , 71 – 73 ). On the other hand, dental caries and oral health status of adolescents may affect school performance ( 74 ), school absenteeism ( 21 ), and future employment outcome ( 75 ), and consequently health literacy and use of dental care. Finally, other habits, such as smoking ( 35 , 60 , 65 , 66 ) and use of snuff or smokeless tobacco ( 60 ), are also risk factors, as tobacco exposure ( 76 ) is associated with dental caries among adolescents.…”

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Systems mapping of multilevel factors contributing to dental caries in adolescents

Sadjadpour,

Hosseinichimeh,

Pahel

et al. 2024

Front. Oral. Health

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Dental caries is a prevalent chronic disease among adolescents. Caries activity increases significantly during adolescence due to an increase in susceptible tooth surfaces, immature permanent tooth enamel, independence in pursuing self-care, and a tendency toward poor diet and oral hygiene. Dental caries in permanent teeth is more prevalent among adolescents in low-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups, and these disparities in adolescent dental caries experience have persisted for decades. Several conceptual and data-driven models have proposed unidirectional mechanisms that contribute to the extant disparities in adolescent dental caries experience. Our objective, using a literature review, is to provide an overview of risk factors contributing to adolescent dental caries. Specifically, we map the interactive relationships of multilevel factors that influence dental caries among adolescents. Such interactive multilevel relationships more closely reflect the complex nature of dental caries experience among the adolescent population. The methods that we use are two-fold: (1) a literature review using PubMed and Cochrane databases to find contributing factors; and (2) the system dynamics approach for mapping feedback mechanisms underlying adolescent dental caries through causal loop diagramming. The results of this study, based on the review of 138 articles, identified individual, family and community-level factors and their interactions contributing to dental caries experience in adolescents. Our results also provide hypotheses about the mechanisms underlying persistence of dental caries among adolescents.ConclusionsOur findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of the multilevel and interconnected factors that shape the persistence of dental caries experience among adolescents.

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Systems mapping of multilevel factors contributing to dental caries in adolescents

Sadjadpour,

Hosseinichimeh,

Pahel

et al. 2024

Front. Oral. Health

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“…There is less supervision by parents and more incentive for greater independence in the final years of adolescence. Moreover, there is encouragement to search for one's first job, and adolescents are responsible for making decisions and taking care of their own health [27]. This result is important and suggests the need to strengthen public policies that guide adolescents to seek adequate dental services.…”

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Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Adolescents’ Self-Perceived Need for Treatment

Lopes,

Neves,

da Costa Dutra

et al. 2024

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The present study aimed to investigate associations between the self-perceived dental treatment need and clinical factors, familial characteristics, and school context in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a representative sample of 746 students aged 15 to 19 years in a medium-sized city in Brazil. Data collection involved the use of a sociodemographic questionnaire, an oral health questionnaire, and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales (FACES III) instrument. Clinical examinations were performed by two trained and calibrated examiners (Kappa > 0.80) using the Nyvad criteria. A robust logistic regression analysis for complex samples was performed using a multilevel approach (α = 5%). The individual factors associated with the self-perceived treatment need were dental pain (OR = 1.08; 95% CI: 1.01–1.16), the loss of the first molars (OR = 1.09; 95% CI: 1.03–1.15), and disengaged family cohesion (OR = 1.15; 95% CI: 1.01–1.31). In terms of context, attending a public school was associated with the self-perceived treatment need (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.02–1.33). Thus, the individual factors of toothache, tooth loss, and a disengaged family, as well as the school context, exerted an influence on the self-perceived treatment need.

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“…At the same time, other variables, such as household income, malocclusion, and toothache, had an indirect impact on the labor market entry. 18 Pithon et al 16 developed a study in which participants were shown facial photographs of people with different degrees of malocclusion which were later digitally modified to show ideal smiles. Using a questionnaire, the participant found these corrected images correlated with being more intelligent and having better chances of getting a job.…”

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Is self-perception of oral health associated with expectations of employability?

et al. 2023

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The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire that allows a systematic evaluation of the impact of self-perceived oral health on expectations of getting a job on adult population seeking dental care, and to describe its associations with demographic characteristics, job related, and health coverage variables. We designed a descriptive cross-sectional study including men and women aged 18 to 65 years from a population seeking dental services in a walk-in clinic. In a first stage we design and validated an instrument on a sample of 100 subjects. The questionnaire was registered in a Likert scale, with higher scores represented higher impact of the oral status self-perception on employability. We calculated internal consistency, construct validity, and domains validation. The final instrument consisted in an 18-item questionnaire (Cronbach α = 0.814), grouped into two domains based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The total variance explained with values >1 was 66 percent, grouping questions into six components. One domain refers to oral health status and importance of dental aesthetics, while the other refers to specific job-seeking elements. In a second stage we applied the questionnaire on 800 participants from the same population of reference. Women, people who intended to change jobs, those younger than 40 years old, having health insurance, and higher educational level showed statistically significant higher scores than their counterparts (p<0.001). We developed a tool that enables evaluating the impact of self-perceived oral health on expectations of getting a job for adults seeking emergency care in a dental clinic.

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Structuring adolescent’s oral health effects on labour market entry in a cohort study

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Systems mapping of multilevel factors contributing to dental caries in adolescents

Systems mapping of multilevel factors contributing to dental caries in adolescents

Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Adolescents’ Self-Perceived Need for Treatment

Is self-perception of oral health associated with expectations of employability?

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