O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a utilização de serviços odontológicos pela população infantil no Município de Sobral, Ceará, Brasil, relacionando-a com fatores sócio-econômicos e consumo de serviços. Foi realizado estudo transversal analítico no qual foram entrevistados 3.425 responsáveis pelas crianças para avaliar a relação entre as variáveis independentes e a utilização de serviços odontológicos. Reali...
This study had an exploratory and descriptive nature, with qualitative and quantitative approach, which sought to assess the needs identified by dentists of primary care to the fulfillment of indicators in oral health from the Program of Improvement of Access and Quality – Basic Atention of Fortaleza City, Ceará State. It was used a questionnaire containing 37 queries, with 23 closed questions and 14 semi-struc...
The scope of this study was to correlate toothache with social and economic conditions, access to oral health facilities and the lifestyle of adolescents in Sobral in the state of Ceará. It was conducted as a cross-sectional analytical study with a sample composed of 688 adolescents. The prevalence of toothache in the study group was 31.8%. A chi-square test of association was performed to measure the relations...