Abstract
The aim of this study was to estimate patterns of dental services use in a medium-sized city in southern Brazil. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 4,226 individuals aged 10 years and older. Poisson regression analysis was used to identify associated factors; 50.9% (95%CI: 49.3-52.4) of the sample had consulted a dentist in the previous year. Dental care attendance rates among adolescents, adults, and elders were 52.2%, 53.6%, and 37.2%, respectively. After adjusting for various confounders, the most important determinants of dental services use were: schooling >or= 9 years, high socioeconomic status, and self-reported oral health problems. In addition, adolescents and adults that rated their oral health as good showed 10% and 40% higher prevalence dental services use, respectively, when compared with those who rated their oral health as bad. Determining the prevalence of dental services use and users' characteristics can help policymakers plan future measures to make dental care available to population groups with low rates of dental services use.
Highlights
No Brasil, existem poucos estudos epidemiológicos de base populacional descrevendo a utilização de serviços odontológicos 1,2
A population-based crosssectional study was conducted in a sample of 4,226 individuals aged 10 years and older
Poisson regression analysis was used to identify associated factors; 50.9% (95%CI: 49.3-52.4) of the sample had consulted a dentist in the previous year
Summary
No Brasil, existem poucos estudos epidemiológicos de base populacional descrevendo a utilização de serviços odontológicos 1,2. As variáveis independentes incluíram sexo (masculino ou feminino); idade (em anos completos); cor da pele auto-referida (branca, preta, amarela, indígena ou parda); nível econômico classificado conforme a Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa (ABEP) 16; escolaridade (em anos completos); situação conjugal (com companheiro ou casado, sem companheiro ou solteiro, separado, viúvo); relato de algum problema odontológico nos 12 meses anteriores à data da entrevista (dificuldade para comer ou sentir dor ao tomar líquidos gelados ou quentes; algum dente ou prótese quebrados; cárie ou “buraco” no dente ou prótese; deixar de dormir ou dormir mal por causa dos dentes ou prótese ou algum outro problema na boca ou nos dentes ou prótese); e autopercepção de saúde bucal (ruim/muito ruim, regular ou muito boa/boa).
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