%0 Journal Article
%T Auto-avalia£ż£żo da sa¨²de bucal entre adultos e idosos residentes na Regi£żo Sudeste: resultados do Projeto SB-Brasil, 2003
%A Matos
%A Divane Leite
%A Lima-Costa
%A Maria Fernanda
%J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2006
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000800018
%X the aim of this study was to determine which characteristics (predisposing and enabling, oral health, perceived need for dental treatment, and behavior) are independently associated with self-rated oral health among adults and older adults in southeast brazil. the study was based on 3,240 participants in the sb-brasil project/ southeast. the characteristics of those who rated their oral health as good/very good were compared to those who rated it as fair, poor, or very poor. the following characteristics were significantly and independently associated with better self-rated oral health among adults: monthly household income > us$ 60.00, no current perceived need for dental treatment, place of residence in cities with > 50,000 inhabitants, and visit to the dentist > 3 years previously. among older adults the factors were: monthly household income > us$ 60.00, no current perceived need for dental treatment, and 1-19 permanent teeth. our results confirm those observed in other countries, showing associations between self-rated oral health and predisposing and enabling factors, oral health, perceived need for dental treatment, and behavior.
%K oral health
%K adult
%K aged.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2006000800018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en