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Family Health Strategy associated with increased dental visitation among preschool children in Brazil.
Feldens, Carlos Alberto; Fortuna, Mixianni Justo; Kramer, Paulo Floriani; Ardenghi, Thiago Machado; Vítolo, Márcia Regina; Chaffee, Benjamin W.
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  • Feldens CA; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil.
  • Fortuna MJ; Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil.
  • Kramer PF; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil.
  • Ardenghi TM; Department of Stomatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.
  • Vítolo MR; Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Chaffee BW; Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Int J Paediatr Dent ; 28(6): 624-632, 2018 Nov.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30175414
BACKGROUND: Early-life dental service utilization could improve child dental health. AIM: Identify contextual, socioeconomic, and child characteristics associated with dental visitation by age 3 years. DESIGN: Within a Brazilian birth cohort (N = 435), multivariable regression models were fitted to identify independent predictors of having made a dental visit at age 3 years. Contextual variables considered included health center type (Traditional vs. Family Health Strategy, which perform home visits) and composition of oral health teams at the heath center where mothers accessed prenatal care. RESULTS: Dental visitation was positively associated with Family Health Strategy health centers (36% vs. 23%) and with higher maternal education and family social class. Visitation was lowest among families served by a health center without a dentist, but number of dentists and oral health team composition were not associated with visitation among facilities with ≥1 dentists. Dental visitation was not statistically significantly associated with caries experience but was higher if parents reported worse oral health-related quality of life. The vast majority of dental decay remained untreated. CONCLUSIONS: Dental visits were underutilized, and socioeconomic inequalities were evident. Dental visitation was more common when mothers received prenatal care at Family Health Strategy health centers, suggesting a possible oral health benefit.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Visita a Consultório Médico / Saúde Bucal / Saúde da Família / Assistência Odontológica para Crianças Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Equity_inequality / Patient_preference Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Int J Paediatr Dent Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Visita a Consultório Médico / Saúde Bucal / Saúde da Família / Assistência Odontológica para Crianças Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Equity_inequality / Patient_preference Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Int J Paediatr Dent Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido