Brazilian Research in Pediatric Dentistry and Integrated Clinic 2014, 14(3):259-266 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4034/PBOCI.2014.143.10 ISSN 1519-0501
Original Article
Relations between Dental Caries, Socioeconomic Variables and Access to Dental Services of Children from a Countryside city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil Naiara de Paula Ferreira-Nóbilo1, Yuri Wanderely Cavalcanti2, Maria Paula Rando Meirelles3, Marília Jesus Batista2, Silvia Cypriano4, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa1
1Piracicaba
Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil. Student, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil. 3School of Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 4School of Dentistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. 2PhD
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901. Caixa Postal 52, 13414-903, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. Phone: 55 19 2106-5364. E-mail:
[email protected]. Academic Editors: Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti and Wilton Wilney Nascimento Padilha Received: 01 May 2013 / Accepted: 16 December 2013 / Published: 08 September 2014 Abstract Objective: To investigate the relations between the prevalence of dental caries, socioeconomic status and access to dental services of children aged 5 and 12 years, in Amparo, SP Material and Methods: The sample size was calculated for 5 and 12 yearold children in Amparo-SP. Children (5 years: n = 284; 12 years: n = 199) were examined by a previously calibrated team, to check dmft and DMFT according to WHO criteria. Caregivers answered questions about socioeconomic, demographic status and access to/use of dental services in the past six months. Association between outcome (caries experience) and independent variables was analyzed using the chi-square test. Variables with p value lower than or equal to 0.25 were tested in a multiple regression model (multivariate Poisson) with a statistical significance of 5%. Results: For the fiveyear-old population, the variables associated with caries experience (p
