Caries Experience and Risk Indicators in a Portuguese Population

A Cross-Sectional Study

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ID15512945
AuthorsEduardo Guerreiro (0000-0003-0824-5443, Clinical Research Unit (CRU), Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Egas Moniz—School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal, corresponding author), João Botelho (0000-0002-1019-8263, Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz), Vanessa Machado (0000-0003-2503-260X, Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz), Luís Proença (0000-0002-8482-5936, Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz), José João Mendes (0000-0003-0167-4077, Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz), Ana Cristina Manso (0000-0002-9881-3338, Clinical Research Unit (CRU), Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Egas Moniz—School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue3
Pages2511-2511
Publication date2023-01-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20032511
PMID36767876
OpenAlexW4318831963
LanguageEN
References cited48

Oral health surveys are essential for assessing the dental caries experience and to influence national policies. This retrospective cross-sectional study aims to analyze dental caries experience for which dental treatment was sought in a reference university dental hospital at the Lisbon Metropolitan Area between January 2016 and March 2020. Full-mouth examination, and sociodemographic, behavior, and medical information were included. Descriptive analyses and logistic regression analysis were applied to ascertain risk indicators associated with dental caries experience. A final sample of 9349 participants (5592 females/3757 males) were included, aged 18 to 99 years old. In this population, caries experience was 91.1%, higher in female participants. Age (OR = 1.01, 95% CI [1.00-1.02], occupation (OR = 2.94, 95% CI [2.37-3.65], OR = 3.35, 95% CI [2.40-4.67], OR = 2.55, 95% CI [1.66-3.91], for employed, unemployed, and retired, respectively), overweight (OR = 1.52, 95% CI [1.18-1.96]), reporting to have never visited a dentist (OR = 0.38, 95% CI [0.23-0.64], and self-reported week teeth status (OR = 2.14, 95% CI [1.40-3.28]) were identified as risk indicators for the presence of dental caries, according to adjusted multivariable logistic analyses. These results highlight a substantial rate of dental experience in a Portuguese cohort and will pave the way for future tailored oral public health programs in Portugal

Body mass index · Cohort · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Logistic regression · Oral health · Overweight · Population · Portuguese · Public health · Demography · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dentistry · Medicine · Nursing · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Internal Medicine

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