. / Condições de saúde bucal em adolescentes de Maputo, Moçambique

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Dental caries is the one of the largest public health problem in oral health worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries and dental fluorosis in children from urban and suburban area of the Maputos city and identify its association with dental plaque, nutritional status, frequency of consumption of sugar and the concentration of fluoride in the water supply. Sampling of schools was made by conglomerates, composed by five urban public schools and five suburban, with 601 adolescents 12 years of age, selected randomly. Clinical examinations were performed under standardized conditions by a calibrated examiner using DMFT index, index of fluorosis, PHP, BMI. It was applied a questionnaire about consumption of sugar and was made analysis of water supply. Bivariate analysis was used to verify differences in DMFT, fluorosis, dental plaque, nutritional status, frequency of consumption of sugar and concentration of fluoride in the public water supply between the urban and suburban areas. The Pearsons correlation was applied to verify correlation between DMFT and PHP. The level of significance was set at 5%. The mean DMFT was 0.99 (± 1.65). Children in urban schools had lower prevalence of dental caries (DMFT = 0.84 ± 1.49) in comparison with children in suburban schools with high prevalence (DMFT = 1.14 ± 1.80) (p = 0.03). Only 8.15% had very mild to moderate fluorosis score. Most of children presented poor oral hygiene. Cases of malnutrition were found in most suburban schools (n = 109; 36.22%) than in urban schools (n = 66; 22.00%) (p=0.03). The frequency of sugar consumption was higher among urban children compared to suburban schools (p <0.00). The level of fluoride in water consumption in urban schools was 0.4 ppm F, above the level of fluoride in suburban schools, which was 0.2 ppm F. The results showed that dental caries should not be considered a public health problem in Maputo. The urban and suburban areas presented inequity distribution in the prevalence of dental caries, nutritional status and level of fluoride in water supply, highlighting the need for intervention in the highest risk.

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fluorose dentária odontologia em saúde pública moçambique cárie dentária fluorosis mozambique dental fluorine saúde bucal oral health dental caries flúor public health dentistry

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