Meneghim Marcelo C, Kozlowski Fábio C, Pereira Antônio C, Assaf Andréa V, Tagliaferro Elaine P S
School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Department of Community Dentistry, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2007 May;17(3):205-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2006.00821.x.
The aim of this study was to verify the perception of dental fluorosis as an oral health problem by 12-year-old Brazilian children and to evaluate if they were able to detect other oral disorders.
The sample consisted of 401 schoolchildren. Firstly, clinical examinations were performed using a visual method under natural light. After that, children answered a questionnaire with the purpose of assessing the self-perception of their oral health problems. Next, the volunteers were shown a photo album containing 24 photographs, and had to match each photo with a severity scale.
The prevalence of fluorosis was 18.2%; 81.8% of this total in fluorosis scale T-F 1. Of the 401 children, 48.9% (n = 196) answered oral health problems related to concerns, such as aesthetic appearance or pain. Among them, only two children, both with fluorosis T-F 2, correlated their problems with the presence of stained teeth. As regards the photo album analysis, the children considered photos showing fluorosis T-F 7-9 as the most severe, whereas the photo of an orally healthy patient was considered the least severe.
Children did not show negative perception of dental fluorosis, except for dental fluorosis at severe levels (T-F 7-9), and were mainly able to detect aesthetic or pain-related problems.
本研究旨在验证12岁巴西儿童对氟斑牙作为口腔健康问题的认知，并评估他们是否能够察觉其他口腔疾病。
样本包括401名学童。首先，在自然光线下采用视觉方法进行临床检查。之后，孩子们回答一份问卷，以评估他们对自身口腔健康问题的自我认知。接下来，向志愿者展示一本包含24张照片的相册，他们必须将每张照片与一个严重程度量表进行匹配。
氟斑牙的患病率为18.2%；在氟斑牙量表T-F 1中占该总数的81.8%。在401名儿童中，48.9%（n = 196）回答了与美观或疼痛等问题相关的口腔健康问题。其中，只有两名儿童，均为氟斑牙T-F 2，将他们的问题与牙齿染色联系起来。关于相册分析，孩子们认为显示氟斑牙T-F 7-9的照片最为严重，而口腔健康患者的照片被认为最不严重。
除了严重程度的氟斑牙（T-F 7-9）外，孩子们对氟斑牙没有负面认知，并且主要能够察觉与美观或疼痛相关的问题。
