Acesso a serviços odontológicos e perdas dentárias em crianças.

Abstract

Access to dental services and tooth loss in children. Early tooth loss contributes directly to aesthetic and functional changes, which may cause masticatory changes, impaired digestion, overload stomach and finally general diseases. Ensuring access and ongoing training of oral health services are essential in the search for better conditions of life and oral health. This cross-sectional study, to analyze the relationship between access to dental care and tooth loss in children treated in the state of Paraíba. For this, a collection of medical records of all patients attended between November 2012 and December 2013 by the Division of Child II Clinic of Dental UFCG ( n= 45) was performed . Each record was reviewed by a single investigator who collected information on gender , age, number of decayed elements, extraction indicated, with restored , and data relating to the first dental visit ( patient age at the time the same was held procedure and concluded treatment). Data were recorded on the appropriate form. The CEO-d and CPO-d calculated for each patient according to their age levels . Information analyzed using descriptive statistics in Microsoft Office Excel ® software . Of records surveyed , 69 % were female children . The average CEO-d was found to be 6.28 and the CPO-d of 3.92 . The first dental visit dentist happened on average to 5 years old. Tooth loss has already demonstrated its relationship with limited access to preventive health and welfare services, but in this study it was not associated with previous dental appointment. However, your link has been established with delayed access to health services. It is noticed that expanding access to oral health services can be an alternative to reduce inequalities between the poor and users of particular services.