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Impact of dental pain on daily living of five-year-old Brazilian preschool children: prevalence and associated factors.
Moure-Leite, F R; Ramos-Jorge, J; Ramos-Jorge, M L; Paiva, S M; Vale, M P; Pordeus, I A.
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  • Moure-Leite FR; Department of Peadiatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent ; 12(6): 293-7, 2011 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22122847
AIM: To assess the impact of dental pain on the daily living of 5-year-old preschool children using reports from parents/guardians. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 549 five-year-old children randomly selected from preschools in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data were collected using a previously validated parent-reported questionnaire. The children received dental examinations from a single calibrated examiner. The following outcome variables were selected: age, gender, dental caries, filled teeth, missing teeth, caries involving pulp and social class. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed on the data. RESULTS: According to parents' reports, 11.1% of children were affected by dental pain in the previous 4 months and of these 72.6% had their daily activities hampered by pain. The majority of these children had difficulty in eating, brushing teeth, sleeping, playing and going to school. The impact of dental pain had a statistically significant association with gender (p=0.001), social class (p=0.009), dental caries (p<0.001), missing teeth (p<0.001), filled teeth (p<0.001) and caries involving pulp (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of difficulties performing tasks of daily living due to dental pain was relatively high among the children studied.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Odontalgia / Atividades Cotidianas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Odontalgia / Atividades Cotidianas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido