Cárie dentária em escolares de Goiânia no período de 1988 a 2010: tendência e desigualdades
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2013
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Epidemiological surveillance of oral health at the municipal
level may provide useful information for local public policies
and elucidate more specific questions about health inequalities
in the country that, for operational reasons, cannot be included
in national surveys. Objective: To describe trends in the prevalence
and severity of dental caries in 12 year-old children attending
public schools in Goiânia from 1988 to 2010 and to assess
the distribution of the disease according to the county Health
Districts (HD). Material and Method: Data from cross-sectional
studies carried out in the investigated period were analysed.
Spearman correlation coefficient was used for the analysis of
caries prevalence tendency. Comparisons among the HD were
carried out in 1994 and 2010. Results: The DMFT decreased
78.5% in the analyzed period, from 8.26 in 1988 to 1.78 in 2010
(r= -1.0; p≤ 0.01) and there was a 86.8% reduction in the average
number of decayed teeth, 73.3% of missing and 41.7% of filled
teeth. There was also an increase of 86.8% in the number of caries-
free schoolchildren from 1994 to 2010 (r= 1.0; p≤ 0.01). Schoolchildren
from institutions located in the HD with the worst
socioeconomic indicators had higher caries prevalence and lower
reductions compared with those attending schools located
in HD with better indicators. Conclusion: There was a decline
in dental caries prevalence in Goiânia from 1988 to 2010 and
inequalities in the distribution of the disease among the county
districts, as a reflex of their socioeconomic conditions.
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Epidemiologia, Fatores socioeconômicos, Criança, Cárie dentária, Epidemiology, Dental caries, Socioeconomic factors, Child
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OLIVEIRA, Lorena B.; REIS, Sandra C. G. B.; FREIRE, Maria C. M. Cárie dentária em escolares de Goiânia no período de 1988 a 2010: tendência e desigualdades. Robrac: revista odontologica do Brasil Central, v. 22, n. 61, p. 94-99, 2013.