Oral health and risk factors for dental caries of low-income scholars enrolled in a full-time study program: Oral health and risk factors for dental caries of scholars

• Autor(a) principal: Tannure, Patricia Nivoloni
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Denise Noya, Valente, Andrea Graciene Ramos Lopes, Andrade, Marcia Rejane Thomas Canabarro, Fidalgo, Tatiana Kelly da Silva, Fonseca-Gonçalves, Andrea
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica do CRO-RJ (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cro-rj.org.br/revcientifica/index.php/revista/article/view/9
• topic: Dental caries, Child, Oral health

Many factors are associated with caries development in children, including the daily environment. Thinking that few studies evaluate oral condition in a full-time educational environment, this study aimed to identify the oral health conditions and risk factors for caries in children enrolled in a public educational program that are in a full-time study program. Data were collected from parents and children aged 3-12 years that were enrolled in the shelter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The parents answered a questionnaire with socio-demographic, oral hygiene, habits and diet information. The children underwent clinical examinations. The association between children’s caries and: parents education level; socioeconomic status; dental biofilm; hypoplasia, gingival bleeding and malocclusion was performed (Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests; p<0.05). Thirty-eight parents attended the interview. The predominant caregivers were mothers with a high school complete degree and belonging to low income family. From a sample of 350, 38 children (7.27±2.22 years) were examined during nine months. Most of these children were girls (63.2%) in the mixed dentition (69%) and without caries (61.9%). According to caries index, the highest average was found in the primary dentition (dmt-t = 1.20±2.12) while in the permanent one the mean was 0.35±0.86. Biofilm, hypoplasia, gingival bleeding and malocclusion were not associated with caries (p>0.05). The socioeconomics determinants and the risk factors were not considered predisposing factors for caries, which suggest that educational programs of full-time study exerts a positive influence on children’s oral health.