Meneghim Marcelo de Castro, Kozlowski Fábio Carlos, Pereira Antonio Carlos, Ambrosano Gláucia Maria Bovi, Meneghim Zuleica M de A Pedroso
Departamento de Odontologia Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, SP.
Cien Saude Colet. 2007 Mar-Apr;12(2):523-9. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232007000200028.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between a socioeconomic classification model and prevalence of dental caries and dental fluorosis in Piracicaba, Sâo Paulo, Brazil.
For this classification five indicators were used (family monthly income, number of residents in the same household, parents' formal educational level, type of housing and occupation of person responsible for the family). A scoring system was used in order to arrange in a hierarchy, 812 12 year old school children distributed between six different social classes. Volunteers were examined in the school's back patio under natural light with a dental mirror, by two examiners calibrated for DMFT index (dental caries) and T-F (dental fluorosis). The qui-square test (p<0.01) was used in the statistical analysis for the association of DMFT and the dental fluorosis and between the socioeconomic variable and the proposed social classes.
The DMFT average was 1.7, while 31.4%, of the children had dental fluorosis (T-Fe"1).
With respect to socioeconomic class a statistically significant association was only verified with dental caries.
本研究旨在评估巴西圣保罗皮拉西卡巴市的一种社会经济分类模型与龋齿及氟斑牙患病率之间的关系。
该分类使用了五个指标（家庭月收入、同一家庭中的居民数量、父母的正规教育水平、住房类型以及家庭主要负责人的职业）。采用评分系统将812名12岁学童按照六个不同社会阶层进行等级划分。由两名经过DMFT指数（龋齿）和T-F（氟斑牙）校准的检查人员，在学校后院自然光下使用牙镜对志愿者进行检查。采用卡方检验（p<0.01）对DMFT与氟斑牙之间的关联以及社会经济变量与所提出的社会阶层之间的关联进行统计分析。
DMFT平均值为1.7，31.4%的儿童患有氟斑牙（T-F≥1）。
就社会经济阶层而言，仅在龋齿方面证实存在统计学上的显著关联。
