Prevalencia de maloclusiones en adolescentes y adultos jóvenes del interior del Uruguay. Relavamiento nacional de salud bucal 2010-2011

• Autor(a) principal: Ourens, Mariana
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Celeste, Roger Keller, Hilgert, Juliana Balbinot, Lorenzo, Susana, Hugo, Fernando Neves, Ramón, Álvarez, Abegg, Claídes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/108741
• topic: Má oclusão; Prevalence; Malocclusions; Young adults; Adolescents; Prevalencia; Maloclusiones; Adultos jóvenes; Adolescentes

Objectives: Determine the prevalence of malocclusion, their severity and need for treatment in adolescents and young adults between 15 and 24 years of age outside the capital of Uruguay and its association with social demographic and quality of life variables, and risk indicators Methods: A cross sectional study was performed using data from the “First National Survey of Oral Health in young and adult Uruguayan population” conducted between 2010 and 2011. Statistical analysis: The differences in prevalence of malocclusion among categories of covariates were tested with the chi-square test for heterogeneity with Taylor linearization. Results: The prevalence of malocclusion was 33,8 % in the period 2010- 2012. Malocclusions showed association with quality of life. Conclusions: The results of this study are the first ones conducted with a representative sample in this population and therefore of interest for public health managers and other researchers in the field