Characterization of the self-perception of oral health in the Brazilian adult population

• Autor(a) principal: Bordin, Danielle
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Fadel, Cristina Berger, Saliba Moimaz, Suzely Adas [UNESP], Santos, Celso Bilynkievycz dos, Saliba Garbin, Clea Adas [UNESP], Saliba, Nemre Adas [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020259.29612018; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/209439
• topic: Oral Health; Perception; Self-evaluation; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Mining

This article aims to perform an analysis of the factors that determine the self-perception of oral health of Brazilians, based on a multidimensional methodology basis. This is a cross-sectional study with data from a national survey. A household interview was conducted with a sample of 60,202 adults. Self-perception of oral health was considered the outcome variable and sociodemographic characteristics, self-care and oral health condition, use of dental services, general health and work condition as independent variables. The dimensionality reduction test was used and the variables that showed a relationship were submitted to logistic regression. The negative oral health condition was related to difficulty feeding, negative evaluation of the last dental appointment, negative self-perception of general health condition, not flossing, upper dental loss, and reason for the last dental appointment. The use of a multidimensional methodological basis was able to design explanatory models for the self-perception of oral health of Brazilian adults, and these results should be considered in the implementation, evaluation, and qualification of the oral health network.