Hábitos de higiene bucal e a utilização dos serviços odontológicos em escolares

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Zambaldi, Maiara Paula Malacarne
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
• Palavras-chave em Português: Utilization; Oral health; Child; Health services; Habits; Utilização; Serviços de Saúde; Saúde bucal; Crianças; Acesso aos serviços de saúde; Hábitos de saúde; Saúde Coletiva; 614
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/10132

This study evaluates the factors related to oral hygiene habits and the use of dental services in students aged seven to 10 years in the city of Vitória- Espírito Santo (ES). It is a cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of triple stage with final study population of 1282 children. Data were collect using a questionnaire applied to the children and a questionnaire sent to parents to fill out and return. Multivariate Regression Logistics analyses were conduct between children’s, maternal and socioeconomic characteristics with the outcome related to own a toothbrush and dental appointment once in a lifetime determinants of access to dental health services. Multinomial Regression Multivariate analyses also tested combinations between the three possible situations of oral health practices: less favorable level, intermediate level and more favorable level with children’s, maternal and socioeconomic characteristics. The results showed that the study population was composed mostly by women 744 (58.0%), aged eight 359 (28.0%) and nine years 360 (28.1%) and enrolled in the public school system 1061 (82.8%). In the final model of Logistic Regression, the variables that remained associated with own a toothbrush were ages of eight, nine and 10 years old; maternal smoking and dental appointment once in a lifetime. To the variable dental appointment once in a lifetime, the associated variables were ages of nine and 10 years old; type of school; number of rooms and own a toothbrush. In Multinomial Regression model, the associated variables were birth weight, living with father and mother in the same home, dental appointment once in a lifetime, cavity experience and own a toothbrush. This study proven that socio-economic and individual factors are related with access and oral health habits.