2014-07-292011-12-082010-12-22GONÇALVES, Michele Martins. Dental caries, sugar and acquisition of socioeconomic factors in Brazilian children and adolescents: an ecological study. 2010. 41 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência da Saúde) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2010.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1371The aim of this study was to investigate associations between dental caries experience at ages 5, 12 and 15-19 and household sugar availability in the Brazilian capitals using data from the Household Budget Survey 2003. Associations between dental caries, socioeconomic indicators and access to fluoridated water supply were also tested. The data on caries experience were obtained from the national survey of oral health in 2003 and socioeconomic indicators from the United Nations Development Programme. Correlation tests and linear regression were used in the statistical analysis. The availability of soft drinks and per capita income were negatively associated with the DMFT at age 12. At 12 and 15-19 years-old dental caries experience was also negatively associated with the HDI and fluoridated water, and positively associated with the rate of illiteracy. The results indicate the importance of socioeconomic factors and of fluoridation water in dental caries experience, which seem to influence the effect of sugar.application/pdfAcesso AbertoEpidemiologiaCárie dentáriaIniquidade socialDietaEpidemiologyDental cariesSocial inequityDietCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA::CLINICA ODONTOLOGICADissertação