The social status associated with dental experience among Brazilian children

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ID16829062
AuthorsKamila Azoubel Barreto (0000-0002-4691-5826, Universidade de Pernambuco), Viviane Colares Soares De Andrade Amorim (0000-0003-2912-2100, Universidade de Pernambuco)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue10
Pages3913-3919
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320202510.32312018
PMID32997023
OpenAlexW3090864427
SCIELO_PIDS1413-81232020001003913
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Dentists should be alert not only to clinical variables, but also to socioeconomic, psychological and cultural factors, which have all been associated with the experience of dental caries. The aim of this study of was to assess social status and dental experience among Brazilian children. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 1367 male and female children aged six and seven years enrolled at public and private schools in the city of Recife (Brazil) in 2013. The children at tending public schools were socioeconomically less privileged than those attending private schools. Data were collected through interviews and intraoral examinations. Caries experience was high (53.3%) in the overall sample, but less privileged children had larger percentages of decayed teeth and teeth that required extraction (p

Anxiety · Environmental health · Family medicine · Population · Psychiatry · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dentistry · Medicine

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