dc.contributor.author | de Amorim Marques, Regina Auxiliadora | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferreira Antunes, José Leopoldo | |
dc.contributor.author | da Luz Rosário Sousa, Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Peres, Marco Aurélio | |
dc.contributor.author | Frazao, Paulo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-04T23:38:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-04T23:38:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1518-8787 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004365 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380690 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of root caries in Brazilian adults and
elderly.
METHODS: We assessed data from the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil
2010). Dental examinations were performed on 9,564 adults and 7,509 elderly
individuals in households in the 26 state capitals, the Federal District and 150
provincial towns. Diagnostic criteria and data assessment tools were those
standardized by the World Health Organization. The outcome was measured
by using root caries index and the index of decayed and fi lled dental roots.
RESULTS: The prevalence of root caries was 16.7% in adults and 13.6% in
the elderly. The index of decayed and fi lled dental roots was 0.42 and 0.32
for adults and the elderly respectively, with most of the index represented by
untreated caries. The prevalence of root caries differed signifi cantly among
states capitals and provincial towns, with higher values being reported in the
state capitals in the North and Northeastern Brazilian regions. In adults, the
root caries index ranged from 1.4% in Aracaju to 15.1% in Salvador (both in
the Northeast). Among the elderly, this index ranged from 3.5% in Porto Velho
to 29.9% in Palmas (both North). Root caries was more prevalent in men than
in women in both age groups.
CONCLUSIONS: There is a wide variation in root caries indices in adults and
in the elderly, and between and within Brazilian regions. Most root caries is
untreated. We recommend the incorporation of this disease into the oral health
surveillance system. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Universidade de Sao Paulo * Faculdade de Saude Publica | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 9 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Revista de Saude Publica | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 47 (Supl 3) | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Dentistry not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 320399 | |
dc.title | Root caries prevalence and severity in Brazilian adults and older people | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2013. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Peres, Marco A. | |