PhD. Biomedical and Adjunct Professor, Medical Course, College of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina (PE), Brazil.
MSc. Dental Surgeon, Department of Family Health Strategy, Municipality of Mirandiba, Mirandiba (PE), Brazil.
Sao Paulo Med J. 2023 Jul 31;142(1):e2022355. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0355.R1.10042023. eCollection 2023.
There is a lack of studies evaluating the oral health of traditional indigenous communities in Brazil.
Thus, the objective of this study was to describe the oral health characteristics of the indigenous Fulni-ô ethnic group in Northeast Brazil.
A cross-sectional observational investigation was conducted within the Project on Atherosclerosis among Indigenous Populations.
This study included participants of both sexes from the Fulni-ô ethnic group. The participants included in this investigation underwent a comprehensive oral health evaluation by a registered and experienced dentist to assess oral health and identify potentially malignant oral lesions. Participants with suspicious lesions were referred for biopsy. Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney, and Student's t-tests were used, and measures of central tendency and dispersion were described. Statistical significance was 5%.
A total of 104 individuals were included in this study. The prevalence of the use of tobacco derivatives was 94.0%, with similarities between sexes. The prevalence of oral changes in this study population was 84.4%. Fifty-one individuals who underwent oral reassessment were referred for oral lesion biopsy.
This study demonstrated a high prevalence of oral alterations in the Fulni-ô population. Histopathological analyses indicated the presence of mild oral epithelial dysplasia in five cases.
巴西缺乏针对传统土著社区口腔健康的研究。
因此，本研究旨在描述巴西东北部富尔诺族群的口腔健康特征。
这是一项在土著人群动脉粥样硬化项目内进行的横断面观察性研究。
本研究纳入了富尔诺族群的男女参与者。由注册且经验丰富的牙医对所有参与者进行全面的口腔健康评估，以评估口腔健康状况并识别可能的恶性口腔病变。对疑似病变的患者进行活检。采用 Shapiro-Wilk、Mann-Whitney 和 Student's t 检验，并描述集中趋势和离散度的度量。统计显著性水平为 5%。
本研究共纳入了 104 名个体。使用烟草衍生物的患病率为 94.0%，性别间无差异。该研究人群的口腔变化患病率为 84.4%。51 名接受口腔重新评估的患者被转诊进行口腔病变活检。
本研究表明富尔诺族群存在较高的口腔改变患病率。组织病理学分析显示 5 例存在轻度口腔上皮异型增生。
