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- Title
Avaliação de Perdas Dentárias em 1398 Pacientes em uma População na Região Central do Brasil: Estudo Radiográfico.
- Authors
Correa Marques, Alessandro Tadeu; Delle Vedove Semenoff, Tereza Aparecida; Rosa, Andrei; da Cruz Nascimento, Rejane Cristina; Miranda Pedro, Fabio Luis; Semenoff-Segundo, Alex
- Abstract
The dental loss is a multifactorial problem that can encompasses deleterious oral health habits, systemic changes and socio-economic status. To evaluate radiographically tooth loss in a population of 1398 patients in the city of Cuiaba-MT, seeking to correlate this factor to the age and sex of the same. A cross-sectional study evaluating tooth loss from a sample of 1398 panoramic radiographs, corresponding to tests carried out in 2011, in a radiology clinic located in that city. The sample consisted of 856 (61.23%) females and 542 (38.77%) were male, with a mean age of 34.9 + 13.4 years. During data analysis, it was observed that 80.6% of individuals had lost some teeth. The most common missing teeth in the analyzes were the first molars and the most present in the sample of individuals were the lower canines; according to statistical analysis (chi square and Risk Ratio test - p <0.05), age was a risk factor related to tooth loss. Through this study it is concluded that age is associated with increased teeth loss the tooth most affected by tooth loss is the first molar and the least affected is the lower canine.
- Publication
Journal of Health Sciences (2447-8938), 2016, Vol 18, Issue 4, p269
- ISSN
2447-8938
- Publication type
Article