Impact of dental caries on quality of life of school children
| Autor: | Jefferson Traebert, Luiz Gustavo Teixeira Martins, Simone Xavier Silva Costa, Eliane Traebert, Aberlado Nunes Lunardelli, Sandra Espíndola Lunardelli, Keila Cristina Raush Pereira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Activities of daily living
Dental trauma Daily activities business.industry Dentistry medicine.disease Confidence interval stomatognathic diseases symbols.namesake Quality of life (healthcare) Impact Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health symbols medicine Dental caries Oral examination Who criteria Poisson regression Malocclusion business General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA) Ânima Educação instacron:Ânima |
| Popis: | Objective: To estimate the impact of dental caries on the oral health-related quality of life of school children of public schools of Tubarao, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study on a sample of 42310-15 years old students was carried out. The prevalence of dental caries, dental trauma and malocclusion was observed by oral examination based on WHO criteria. The Oral Impact on Daily Performance indicator was used to collect data about the impact on quality of life related to children’s oral health. The Chi-square test was used for bivariate analysis with significance levels set at p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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