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- Title
Clinical consequences of untreated dental caries and school performance in low‐income adolescents.
- Authors
Quadros, Larissa Neves; Rebelo, Maria Augusta Bessa; de Queiroz, Adriana Corrêa; Pereira, Juliana Vianna; Vettore, Mario Vianna; Rebelo Vieira, Janete Maria
- Abstract
Background: The possible link between dental status and school performance has been investigated. The influence of the clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in this association, however, has been minimally explored. Aim: To assess the relationship between clinical consequences of untreated dental caries and school performance in adolescents, and to examine the demographics and socioeconomic status pathways by which clinical consequences of untreated dental caries is associated with school performance. Design: A cross‐sectional study involving 363 low‐income school adolescents was conducted in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Dental clinical measures were registered by five calibrated examiners to evaluate dental caries experience (decayed, missing, and filled teeth index [DMFT]) and clinical sequelae of dental caries (PUFA/pufa index). School performance was assessed using school grade history obtained from official records. Statistical analysis was conducted using pathway analysis to estimate beta coefficients (β) of the direct and indirect effects between variables. Results: DMFT and PUFA/pufa mean were 1.93 and 0.30, respectively. PUFA/pufa scores (β = −0.19) and male sex (β = 0.35) directly predicted poor school performance. DMFT was indirectly linked to poor school performance via PUFA/pufa scores (β = −0.03). Conclusions: Dental caries and clinical consequences of dental caries were important predictors of poor school performance in low‐income adolescents via direct and indirect effects.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC achievement evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; MATHEMATICAL models; ORAL health; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; THEORY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DENTAL caries; PATH analysis (Statistics); STATISTICAL correlation; DATA analysis software; DISEASE complications; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 5, p619
- ISSN
0960-7439
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ipd.12747