7 research outputs found
Bolton's index efficacy with manual vs digital measurements
ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess whether there is a variation in the values of Bolton index, making measurements manually or digitally.Material and methods70 pairs of study models were analyzed and measured on two occasions: one using a compass and a millimeter rule, and the other using an electronic vernier.ResultsNo statistically significant difference was found between the two measurements.ConclusionBoth ways to perform mesiodistal dental measurements are good choices for Bolton analysis
Clinical and Non-Clinical Variables Associated With Preventive and Curative Dental Service Utilisation: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Central Mexico
Objective
The present study aimed to identify preventive and curative dental health service utilisation (DHSU) in the context of associated clinical and non-clinical factors among adolescents and young adults in Mexico.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Applicants to a public university in Mexico.
Participants
Participants were 638 adolescents and young adults aged 16â25 randomly selected from university applicants.
Interventions
Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire filled out by the students. For assessment of dental caries experience, we used the index of decayed, missing and filled teeth.
Primary outcome
The dependent variable was DHSU in the previous 12 months, coded as 0=non-use, 1=use of curative services and 2=use of preventive services.
Results
The mean age was 18.76±1.76 years, and 49.2% were women. The prevalence of DHSU was 40.9% (95% CI 37.1 to 44.8) for curative services and 22.9% (95% CI 19.7 to 26.3) for preventive services. The variables associated with curative services were age, sex, motherâs education, dental pain in the previous 12 months, caries experience, use of self-care devices and oral health knowledge. For preventive services, the variables associated were motherâs education, dental pain in the previous 12 months, caries experience, use of self-care devices and self-perception of oral health.
Conclusions
While differences emerged by type of service, a number of variables (sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as dental factors) remained in the final model. Greater oral health needs and socioeconomic inequalities remained as predictors of both types of DHSU. Given the differences revealed by our study, oral health policies should refer those seeking dental care for oral diseases to preventive services, and promote the use of such services among the poorer and less educated population groups
Dental pain and associated factors in Mexican adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional study
Objective: To identify the factors associated with the prevalence of dental pain in Mexican adolescents and young adults. Material and methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which data from 638 Mexican subjects, 16â25 years of age, who were randomly selected from college applicants, were analysed. Questionnaires were administered to collect sociodemographic, economic and behavioural variables. Clinical examinations were carried out to determine the decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index. The outcome variable was dichotomised as 0 (no dental pain in the last 12 months) or 1 (dental pain in the last 12 months). Statistical analyses included binary logistic regression. Results: Average age was 18.76 ± 1.76 years, and 49.2% of participants were women. Prevalence of dental pain was 34.0%. In the final model, variables significantly (P < 0.05) associated with the experience of dental pain were the use of preventive dental services (OR = 0.34), being a former smoker (OR = 2.37), self-report of very poor/poor oral health (OR = 1.94) or fair oral health (OR = 1.94), self-reported dental disease (OR = 2.06) or gingival disease (OR = 2.84). Conclusions: The prevalence of dental pain was associated with self-reported oral health status, preventive dental visits and smoking; these results have implications for dental practice. We found that recent experience of dental pain was common in young adults, being reported by one out of three subjects
Ciencia OdontolĂłgica
Es para los integrantes de la Red de InvestigaciĂłn en EstomatologĂa (RIE) una enorme alegrĂa presentar el primero de una serie de 5 libros sobre casos clĂnicos, revisiones de la literatura e investigaciones. La RIE estĂĄ integrada por cuerpos acadĂ©micos de la Universidad AutĂłnoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Universidad AutĂłnoma del Estado de MĂ©xico, Universidad AutĂłnoma de Campeche y Universidad de Guadalajara