Dental trauma and oral health-related quality of life in schoolchildren from public schools of a southern Brazilian city
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Data
2018
Tipo de documento
Artigo de Periodico
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Área do conhecimento
Ciências da Saúde
Modalidade de acesso
Acesso aberto
Editora
Autores
Lunardelli, Abelardo Nunes
Lunardelli, Sandra Espíndola
Pereira, Keila Cristina Raush
Xavier, Simone Costa
Martins, Luiz Gustavo Teixeira
Traebert, Eliane
Traebert, Jefferson
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Resumo
Objective
To study the impact of dental trauma on the oral health-related quality of life among Brazilian students.
Methods
A cross-sectional study involving a representative sample of students of the public schools (n = 435) in a city in southern Brazil was carried out.
Data on dental trauma were collected through oral examinations using the O’Brien’s criteria (1993) restricted to fractures and avulsions. The
Brazilian version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) was used in order to collect data on the impact of oral health-related quality
of life. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were performed through Poisson log-linear regression with robust estimator with significance levels
set at p <0.05. Prevalence ratios (PR) and confidence intervals (95%) were estimated.
Results
The prevalence of dental trauma was 7.2%, and it was associated with the following dimensions: performing daily activities [(PR = 3.52
(95% CI, 1.06-11.75)] (p = 0.040), and speaking [(PR = 3.67 (95% CI, 1.24-10.86)] (p = 0.019) after adjusting for sex, age, dental caries and
malocclusion.
Conclusion
The prevalence of dental trauma found among this population was low, but significantly associated with oral health-related quality of life.
Palavras-chave
Child health, Health evaluation, Quality of life, Tooth injuries