Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents
ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aimed to investigate associations between reasons for seeking dental services, considering the last dental appointment of adolescents, and their educational features, socioeconomic and oral health status, and oral health literacy. Methods: A cross-sectional st...
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| author | Roanny Torres Lopes Érick Tássio Barbosa Neves Laio da Costa Dutra Ramon Targino Firmino Larissa Chaves Morais de Lima Fernanda de Morais Ferreira Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia |
| author_facet | Roanny Torres Lopes Érick Tássio Barbosa Neves Laio da Costa Dutra Ramon Targino Firmino Larissa Chaves Morais de Lima Fernanda de Morais Ferreira Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aimed to investigate associations between reasons for seeking dental services, considering the last dental appointment of adolescents, and their educational features, socioeconomic and oral health status, and oral health literacy. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 746 adolescents aged 15–19 years in Campina Grande (Paraíba), Brazil. Parents/guardians answered a socioeconomic questionnaire. Adolescents answered a questionnaire on oral health and the Brazilian Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry. Features of the school environment were investigated through cluster analysis, using type of school and school grade retention. Adolescents were clinically examined for dental caries diagnosis by two dentists (κ>0.80), using the Nyvad criteria, in school facilities. Data were submitted to robust multilevel logistic regression for complex samples (α=5%). Results: At the individual level, low maternal schooling (odds ratio [OR] 1.06; 95%CI 1.01–1.10), low oral health literacy (OR 0.99; 95%CI 0.98–0.99), and dental caries (OR 1.09; 95%CI 1.01-1.18) remained associated with the reasons for the last dental appointment. The school environment was also associated with the outcome (OR 1.07; 95%CI 1.00–1.15). Conclusion: Maternal schooling of less than eight years of study, low oral health literacy, cavitated caries, and unfavorable school environment were associated with seeking dental treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61d89162733d40d1ab8f6da5fcc0b5812024-12-17T08:05:32ZengAssociação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia1980-54972024-12-012710.1590/1980-549720240066Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescentsRoanny Torres Lopeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-7827Érick Tássio Barbosa Neveshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-1007Laio da Costa Dutrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-2540Ramon Targino Firminohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5581-0658Larissa Chaves Morais de Limahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9351-5438Fernanda de Morais Ferreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-1167Ana Flávia Granville-Garciahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-8372ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aimed to investigate associations between reasons for seeking dental services, considering the last dental appointment of adolescents, and their educational features, socioeconomic and oral health status, and oral health literacy. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 746 adolescents aged 15–19 years in Campina Grande (Paraíba), Brazil. Parents/guardians answered a socioeconomic questionnaire. Adolescents answered a questionnaire on oral health and the Brazilian Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry. Features of the school environment were investigated through cluster analysis, using type of school and school grade retention. Adolescents were clinically examined for dental caries diagnosis by two dentists (κ>0.80), using the Nyvad criteria, in school facilities. Data were submitted to robust multilevel logistic regression for complex samples (α=5%). Results: At the individual level, low maternal schooling (odds ratio [OR] 1.06; 95%CI 1.01–1.10), low oral health literacy (OR 0.99; 95%CI 0.98–0.99), and dental caries (OR 1.09; 95%CI 1.01-1.18) remained associated with the reasons for the last dental appointment. The school environment was also associated with the outcome (OR 1.07; 95%CI 1.00–1.15). Conclusion: Maternal schooling of less than eight years of study, low oral health literacy, cavitated caries, and unfavorable school environment were associated with seeking dental treatment.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2024000100455&lng=en&tlng=enOral healthSchoolsAdolescentDental health serviceDental cariesHealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Roanny Torres Lopes Érick Tássio Barbosa Neves Laio da Costa Dutra Ramon Targino Firmino Larissa Chaves Morais de Lima Fernanda de Morais Ferreira Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia Oral health Schools Adolescent Dental health service Dental caries Health literacy |
| title | Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| title_full | Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| title_short | Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| title_sort | low oral health literacy dental caries and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents |
| topic | Oral health Schools Adolescent Dental health service Dental caries Health literacy |
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