%0 Journal Article
%T Polarization of dental caries among individuals aged 15 to 18 years
%A Hugo
%A Fernando Neves
%A Vale
%A Glauber Campos
%A Ccahuana-V¨¢squez
%A Renzo Alberto
%A Cypriano
%A Silvia
%A Sousa
%A Maria da Luz Ros¨¢rio de
%J Journal of Applied Oral Science
%D 2007
%I University of S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S1678-77572007000400003
%X objective: to evaluate the role of socioeconomic variables and self-perceived oral health in the polarization of caries among adolescents in santa b¨¢rbara d'oeste, brazil. material and methods: cross-sectional study. sampling was randomized and sample size was defined according to who criteria. two hundred and seventy seven adolescents (15 to 18 year-old) were examined by five trained examiners that assessed dmft index according to who criteria. self-perceived oral health, access to dental services and socio-demographic variables were self-reported. student's t tests, chi-square tests, and multivariate logistic regression (with significant caries index (sic) as the outcome), were performed. results: mean dmft was 5.48 (¡À4.22) and the proportion of "caries free" subjects was 15.5%. mean dmft (9.71¡À2.85) and mean d (1.67¡À2.18) of sic positive subjects were significantly higher than mean dmft (2.88¡À2.17) and mean d (0.45¡À0.87) of sic negative subjects (p<0.0001). mean d of white (0.76¡À1.51) was significantly smaller than mean d of non-white subjects (1.32¡À2.01). the only variable independently associated with the "sic positive" outcome was "report of toothache within six months prior to the study" [or=1.83 (95%ci 1.08 to 3.12)], p<0.001. conclusion: sic was associated with "report of toothache" but not with socio-demographic variables in the studied population.
%K adolescent
%K dental caries
%K epidemiology.
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