Saúde bucal de moradores de um bairro pobre de Xangri-Lá, RS, Brasil

Márcia Cançado Figueiredo; Kátia Valença Correia Leandro Silva; Jaqueline Lansing Faneze; Emanuele Lilian Gass

doi:10.5585/conssaude.v10i2.2647

Authors

Márcia Cançado Figueiredo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Porto Alegre, RS
Kátia Valença Correia Leandro Silva UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Jaqueline Lansing Faneze UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Emanuele Lilian Gass UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v10i2.2647

Keywords:

Dental Plaque, Gingival diseases, Oral health.

Abstract

Introduction: To promote health, you should know the conditions under which the individual lives and their interactions with family and community. Objectives: To make a survey about the oral health status of the Xangri-Lá’s Figueirinha neighborhood population, RS, Brazil. Methods: The survey of data from 104 families was carried out through home visits. Results: It was found that the population in the study is young, with low incomes, low levels of education, and living with poor infrastructure conditions. Referring to the population’s oral conditions, it was found high occurrences of visible plaque (74.7%) and gingival bleeding (63.6%), and elevated caries indexes. Young people showed a high number of decayed teeth, and adults a big number of missing teeth. Conclusion: This population had a poor oral health status that prejudice their quality of life.

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Author Biographies

Márcia Cançado Figueiredo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Porto Alegre, RS

Poutora em Odontologia (Odontopediatria) pela Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, USP/BAURU; Mestre em Odontologia (odontopediatria) pela Universidade de São Paulo, USP.

Kátia Valença Correia Leandro Silva, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Professora Associada III da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul\UFRGS, Brasil; Doutorado em Genética e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul\UFRGS, Brasil, (1996).