Cortellazzi K L, Pereira S Márcia, Tagliaferro E P da Silva, Tengan C, Ambrosano G M B, Meneghim M de Castro, Pereira A C
Department of Community Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Community Dent Health. 2008 Dec;25(4):253-6.
To report the prevalence and severity of dental caries and to identify caries risk indicators among gender, clinical and socioeconomic variables in 5-year-old children attending preschools in Piracicaba, Brazil, in 2005.
The random sample consisted of 728 subjects attending public and private preschools that were examined by a calibrated dentist. Dental caries was measured using WHO criteria. The socioeconomic variables (type of school, monthly family income, number of people living in the household, parents' educational level and home ownership) were collected by means of a parental semi structured questionnaire.
The mean dmft was 1.30 (SD=2.47); 62.2% were caries-free. The multiple logistic regression analyses showed that the risk indicators of caries were father's incomplete college education and presence of initial lesion.
The prevalence of dental caries in 5-year-old preschool attenders in Piracicaba was moderate, and father's educational status below undergraduate level, as well as presence of initial lesions, were risk indicators of the disease.
报告2005年巴西皮拉西卡巴市学龄前5岁儿童龋齿的患病率和严重程度,并确定性别、临床及社会经济变量中的龋齿风险指标。
随机样本包括728名就读于公立和私立幼儿园的儿童,由一名经过校准的牙医进行检查。使用世界卫生组织的标准测量龋齿情况。通过家长半结构化问卷收集社会经济变量(学校类型、家庭月收入、家庭居住人数、父母教育水平和住房所有权)。
平均乳牙龋失补牙数(dmft)为1.30(标准差=2.47);62.2%的儿童无龋齿。多元逻辑回归分析表明,龋齿的风险指标是父亲未完成大学教育和存在初期病变。
皮拉西卡巴市学龄前5岁儿童的龋齿患病率为中等水平,父亲本科以下教育程度以及存在初期病变是该疾病的风险指标。