Contributions of school context to caries on anterior teeth: a multilevel analysis

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether oral health literacy (OHL) and school context are associated with untreated dental caries on the anterior teeth of adolescents. METHODS A representative cross-sectional study was conducted with 746 students aging 15 to 19 in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil. The guardians answered a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic data and the absence/presence of private health insurance. Two examiners were trained for the diagnosis of dental caries using the Nyvad criteria and the measurement of OHL using the Brazilian Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30) (Kappa > 0.80). Contextual aspects of the schools were obtained from the 2017 National School Census. Descriptive statistics were conducted, followed by unadjusted and adjusted robust negative binomial regression for complex samples (p < 0.05). RESULTS The average number of anterior teeth with untreated caries was 0.95 (SD = 1.77). Among individual factors, the male sex (RR = 1.64; 95%CI: 1.24–2.16), inadequate level of OHL (RR = 2.03; 95%CI: 1.13–1.63), marginal level of OHL (RR = 1.87; 95%CI: 1.05–3.33) and not having private health insurance (RR = 1.34; 95%CI: 1.07–1.68) were associated with untreated caries on anterior teeth. Among school contextual factors, the number of students in the classroom (RR = 2.64; 95%CI: 1.78–3.93), number of public oral health services in the district (RR = 0.14; 95%CI: 0.05–0.39) and average income of the district in which the school is located (RR = 0.99; 95%CI: 0.98–0.99) were associated with the outcome. CONCLUSIONS Sociodemographic factors, having private health insurance, OHL, and school context exerted an influence on the occurrence of untreated dental caries on anterior teeth in adolescents aging 15 to 19

Psychometric properties of BREALD-30 for assessing adolescents’ oral health literacy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30) administered to adolescents. METHODS: The study included 750 adolescents: 375 aged 12 years and 375 aged 15–19 years, attending public and private schools in Campina Grande, state of Paraíba, Brazil, in 2017. Reliability was measured based on internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Convergent validity was measured based on correlations between BREALD-30 and Functional Literacy Indicator scores. Divergent validity was measured by comparing BREALD-30 scores with sociodemographic variables. For predictive validity, the association between BREALD-30 scores and the presence of cavitated carious lesions was tested using a multiple logistic regression model. All statistical tests were performed with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: BREALD-30 showed good internal consistency for the 12 year olds and 15 to19 year olds (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.871 and 0.834, respectively) and good test-retest reliability [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.898 and 0.974; kappa = 0.804 and 0.808, respectively]. Moreover, item-total correlation was satisfactory for all items. BREALD-30 had convergent validity with the Functional Literacy Indicator for 12 year olds (rs = 0.558, p < 0.001) and for 15 to 19 year olds (rs = 0.652, p < 0.001). Participants with higher oral health literacy levels who attended private schools (p < 0.001), belonged to economic classes A and B2 (p < 0.001), and who had parents with higher education levels (p < 0.001) were included, indicating the divergent validity of the BREALD-30. Participants with lower BREALD-30 scores were more likely to have cavitated carious lesions [12 year olds: odds ratio (OR) = 2.37; 95% confidence interval (95%CI): 1.48–3.80; 15 to 19 year olds: OR = 1.96; 95%CI 1.24–3.11]. CONCLUSIONS: BREALD-30 shows satisfactory psychometric properties for use on Brazilian adolescents and can be applied as a fast, simple, and reliable measure of oral health literacy

Is oral health literacy associated with conceptions of care and behavior related to the prevention of COVID-19?

Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of oral health literacy (OHL) on conceptions of care and behaviors related to COVID-19. The sample came from two preliminary cross-sectional studies that determined the level of OHL of parents/guardians of six-to-12-year-old children in two major Brazilian cities (Curitiba and Belo Horizonte). Functional OHL was measured using the Brazilian version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30) and the Health Literacy Dental Scale (HeLD-14) for the evaluation of interactive OHL. Participants were recruited through e-mail, social media, and telephone contact. The questionnaire on conceptions of care and behaviors related to COVID-19 was created based on the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Two hundred nineteen individuals participated in the study. There was no significant difference in socioeconomic and demographic variables and in the medians of BREALD and HeLD-14 between the two cities (P>0.05). Higher levels of functional OHL were associated with an appropriate conception that individual care affects collective care (P=0.038), but with an inappropriate conception of seeking medical assistance in cases of mild symptoms (P=0.030). Higher levels of interactive OHL were related to social distancing behavior in the city of Curitiba (P=0.049) and in the overall sample (P=0.040). It is concluded that functional OHL was associated with two of the investigated conceptions about COVID-19, while interactive OHL was associated with social distancing behavior. These data may suggest that different dimensions of the OHL can have an impact on different aspects of coping with the pandemic

Adenoma pleomórfico da glândula submandibular: Pleomorphic adenoma of the submandibular gland

Introdução: O Adenoma Pleomórfico é o mais comum dentre os tumores benignos, desenvolvendo-se em áreas de tecido glandular, apesar de ser uma importante patologia glandular salivar, o acometimento da glândula submandibular não é o mais prevalente, e sim o da glândula parótida, o que acaba por negligenciar tal manifestação. Apresentação do Caso: Paciente com 38 anos, sexo feminino, melanoderma, procurou o serviço de otorrinolaringologia devido aparecimento de nódulo em região cervical há cerca de 04 anos, associado à limitação de movimento, com prejuízo estético há 02 meses. Nega dor. Ao exame físico local, evidenciou-se lesão nodular de consistência firme, unilocular.  À análise histológica, evidenciou ausência de sinais de malignidade. Discussão: O Adenoma Pleomórfico tem crescimento lento, normalmente, perceptível previamente à consulta médica, de anos a meses, apresentando-se de forma muito semelhante a uma linfonodomegalia cervical, indolor e de consistência firme, podendo se manifestar em todas as idades, com predominância entre os 40 e 50 anos, sendo a excisão cirúrgica com margem de segurança seu tratamento de referência, na maioria das vezes, com um excelente prognóstico e baixo índice de recidivas. Conclusão: A evolução lenta é determinante para a percepção atrasada da lesão em questão, e consequentemente, para a necessidade de excisão cirúrgica, para que se tenha um bom prognóstico, além do aumento nas chances de malignização do tumor, o que torna necessário que haja uma maior exploração do tema ao longo da graduação médica, a fim de repercutir na otimização do diagnóstico e tratamento em níveis de saúde menos avançados e mais acessíveis à população em geral

Síndrome de Stickler: Stickler's Syndrome

INTRODUÇÃO: A Síndrome Stickler é uma colagenopatia, rara, hereditária e caráter autossômica dominante, sua incidência é de 1/7500 nascimentos. APRESENTAÇÃO CASO: GPS, sexo masculino, 5 anos, admitido no Hospital das Clínicas de Goiânia, portador de miopia importante e fissura palatina desde o nascimento, queixava-se de baixa acuidade visual há 3meses. Durante a inspeção, foram evidenciados face plana, maxilar curto, olhos proeminentes e pregas epicantais. DISCUSSÃO: A síndrome é caracterizada por um artro-oftalmopatia, ou seja, anormalidades esqueléticas, anomalias orofaciais, perda auditiva, osteoartrite prematura, perda neuro-sensorial,fenda palatina, miopatia grave e cegueira. É classificada de acordo com a mutação em Tipo I, II e III. CONCLUSÃO: Por se tratar de uma síndrome genética rara, é de difícil diagnóstico, necessita de uma análise fenotípica, um quadro clínico favorável e história familiar. Não existe um tratamento curativo. Portanto, quanto mais precoce seu diagnóstico, a intervenção será mais rápida e melhor será o prognóstico

Oral cancer: voice and quality of life after mutilation / Câncer bucal: voz e qualidade de vida pós mutilação

Objetivo: Investigar o impacto da deformidade bucal oncológica na comunicação oral e na qualidade de vida de adultos e idosos. Método: Estudo observacional descritivo, transversal, com abordagem mista. Amostra de 41 pacientes submetidos à cirurgia para retirada do câncer bucal, resultando em mutilação e inteligibilidade verbal. Instrumentos: Questionário sociodemográfico; Índice de Desvantagem Vocal; Questionário Qualidade de Vida da Universidade de Washington; Roteiro Semiestruturado para análise no software Iramuteq. Resultado: A mutilação predominou em região de palato. Avaliação vocal mostrou o sexo masculino com pior qualidade de vida, expressivamente escala Social, enquanto, o feminino, escala Física. A análise lexical mostrou necessidades, frustrações e expectativas. Conclusão: O estudo revelou a vergonha, o medo, o isolamento social e, ao mesmo tempo, a esperança de voltar a, pelo menos, poder comer e ser compreendido pelas outras pessoas através do uso da prótese

PRODUTIVIDADE CIENTÍFICA ACERCA DA NEOPLASIA MALIGNA BUCAL E DA REABILITAÇÃO BUCAL: UMA ANÁLISE BIBLIOMÉTRICA

Analizar resultados de la recuperación de artículos sobre la temática neoplasia bucal y rehabilitación bucal, publicados entre los años 1990 y abril de 2016; identificar la dispersión de las publicaciones, examinar el estándar de autoría y citaciones en base de datos Scopus partiendo de las Leyes de Bradford y Lotka. Estudio bibliométrico, con abordaje descriptivo y cuantitativo. Se realizó análisis de artículos publicados en periódicos indexados en la base Scopus, utilizándose los términos Mouth Neoplasms y Mouth Rehabilitation. Pudieron recuperarse 28 artículos originales, publicados en 18 revistas, con distribución irregular en el período estudiado. Al momento del análisis de identificaron 222 citaciones, con promedio de ocho por documento. La Medicina y la Odontología se destacaron con publicaciones en la temática. Alemania fue el país de mayor producción científica. El estudio evidencia una cantidad discreta de publicaciones y revela un campo que necesita del compromiso de la enfermería.The objectives of this study were to analyze the results of articles retrieved on the subject of mouth neoplasms and mouth rehabilitation, published between 1990 and April 2016, identify the dispersion of the publications, and examine authorship patterns and citations in the Scopus database, based on the Laws of Bradford and Lotka. This was a bibliometric study, with a descriptive and quantitative approach. An analysis of articles published in journals indexed in the Scopus database was performed, using the terms “Mouth Neoplasms” and “Mouth Rehabilitation”. Twenty-eight original articles were retrieved, published in 18 journals, with irregular distribution in the period studied. At the time of analysis, 222 citations were identified with a mean of eight per document. The fields of medicine and dentistry stood out with publications on the theme. Germany had the largest scientific production. The study revealed a modest number of publications and the need for nursing engagement in this area of research.Analisar resultados da recuperação de artigos sobre a temática neoplasia bucal e reabilitação bucal, publicados entre os anos de 1990 e abril de 2016, identificar a dispersão das publicações, examinar o padrão de autoria e citações na base de dados Scopus, a partir das Leis de Bradford e Lotka. Estudo bibliométrico, com abordagem descritiva e quantitativa. Realizada análise de artigos publicados em periódicos indexados na base de dados Scopus, utilizando-se os termos Mouth Neoplasms e Mouth Rehabilitation. Foram recuperados 28 artigos originais, publicados em 18 revistas, com distribuição irregular no período estudado. No momento da análise, identificou-se 222 citações com média de oito por documento. Medicina e odontologia se destacaram com publicações na temática. A Alemanha foi o país com maior produção científica. O estudo evidencia um quantitativo discreto de publicações e revela um campo que necessita do engajamento da enfermagem

Adolescents with worse levels of oral health literacy have more cavitated carious lesions.

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the ability to recognize and read oral health terms is associated with the number of teeth with cavitated carious lesions in adolescents. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted involving a sample of 746 adolescents representative of students aged 15 to 19 years at the public and private school systems in a city in northeast Brazil. Two examiners who had undergone a training and calibration exercise (inter-examiner and intra-examiner Kappa coefficient: 0.87 to 0.93) performed the diagnosis of caries using the Nyvad Index and evaluated the level of OHL (BREALD-30) of the adolescents. The participants answered questions regarding their history of visits to the dentist and the parents/caregivers answered a questionnaire addressing socioeconomic characteristics. A directed acyclic graph was created to direct the selection of covariables for adjustments in the Poisson multiple regression analysis to test the association between dental caries and OHL (α = 5%). Cavitated carious lesions (codes 3 to 6 on the Nyvad index) were found in 41.6% of the adolescents. Only 29.4% had a high level of OHL (BREALD-30 scores between 23 and 30); 42.3% of the families belonged to the A-B social class and 93% of the adolescents had been to the dentist at least once in their lifetimes. In the multivariate analysis, adolescents with inadequate (PR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.18-2.41; p = 0.004) and marginal (PR; 1.42; 95% CI: 1.01-1.99; p = 0.042) OHL and those in the lower social classes (C-D-E) (PR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.39-2.47; p<0.001) had more teeth with cavitated carious lesions. In conclusion, adolescents aged 15 to 19 years with poorer levels of OHL had a larger number of teeth with cavitated carious lesions, independently of their socioeconomic status and history of visiting a dentist

Use of psychoactive substances at least once in life among Brazilian university students at the beginning and end of courses and the associated factors

<div><p>Abstract Objective Investigate the use of psychoactive substances at least once in life among students at the beginning and end of their courses and determine the associated factors. Methods A cross-sectional study conducted with a representative sample of 398 students in public university. The students answered a questionnaire validated for the evaluation of drug use and socio-demographic data. Poisson regression analysis was performed. Results A total of 56.3% and 13.3% of the students had used both legal and ilegal drugs. The following variables remained significantly associated with legal drug use in the final model: male sex (PR=1.48; 95%CI: 1.25-1.76), older age group (PR=1.23; 95%CI: 1.03-1.47), not living with parents (PR=1.20; 95%CI: 1.01-1.41), not having a religion (PR=1.37; 95%CI: 1.16-1.62) and taking a course in the health field (PR=1.33; 95%CI: 1.08-1.64). The following variables were significantly associated with ilegal drug use: male sex (PR=2.33; 95%CI: 1.35-4.02), older age group (PR=2.27; 95%CI: 1.28-4.02), higher monthly income (PR=1.73; 95%CI: 1.05-2.85) and not having a religion (PR=1.70; 95%CI: 1.02-2.84). Conclusion Legal and ilegal drug use at least once in life was associated with social factors, sex, age, income, religion, living situation and type of higher education course.</p></div