Guerreiro, E.; Botelho, J.; Machado, V.; Proença, L.; Mendes, J.J.; Manso, A.C. Caries Experience and Risk Indicators in a Portuguese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2023, 20, 2511.
Guerreiro, E.; Botelho, J.; Machado, V.; Proença, L.; Mendes, J.J.; Manso, A.C. Caries Experience and Risk Indicators in a Portuguese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 2511.
Guerreiro, E.; Botelho, J.; Machado, V.; Proença, L.; Mendes, J.J.; Manso, A.C. Caries Experience and Risk Indicators in a Portuguese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2023, 20, 2511.
Guerreiro, E.; Botelho, J.; Machado, V.; Proença, L.; Mendes, J.J.; Manso, A.C. Caries Experience and Risk Indicators in a Portuguese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 2511.
Abstract
Oral health surveys are essential to assess the dental caries experience and to influence national policies. This retrospective cross-sectional study aims to analysis dental caries experience who sought dental treatment in a reference university dental hospital at the Lisbon Metropolitan Area between January 2016 and March 2020. Full-mouth examination, sociodemographic, behaviors and medical information were included. Descriptive analyses and logistic regression analysis were applied to ascertain risk indicators associated with dental caries experience. A final sample of 9,349 participants (5,592 females/3,757 males) were included, aged 18 to 99 years old. In this population, caries experience was 91.1%, higher in female participants. Age (OR= 1.01, 95% CI [1.00-1.02], occupation (OR= 2.94, 95% CI [2.37-3.65], OR= 3.35, 95% CI [2.40-4.67], OR= 2.55, 95% CI [1.66-3.91], for employed, unemployed and retired, respectively), overweight (OR= 1.52, 95% CI [1.18-1.96]), reporting to never visited a dentist (OR= 0.38, 95% CI [0.23-0.64] and self-reported week teeth status (OR= 2.14, 95% CI [1.40-3.28]) were identified as risk indicators for the presence of dental caries, according to adjusted multivariable logistic analyses. These results highlight a substantial rate of dental experience in a Portuguese cohort and will pave the way for future tailored oral public health programs in Portugal.
Keywords
dental caries; caries experience; epidemiology, prevalence; risk; public health
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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