Factors associated with last dental visit or not to visit the dentist by Brazilian adolescents: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the factors associated with no dental visit within the last two years by adolescents in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, by using data from the Oral Health Conditions of São Paulo state population Project (SBSP-2015) conducted in 2015.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study with a representative sample of adolescents aged 15 to higher years residing in São Paulo State. The examiners were calibrated and dental visits were measured categorically as 1- Less than 1 year, 2- One to two years, 3 - Three years or more, 4- I have never visited the dentist. Based on the literature we dichotomized the outcome in two groups: response 1 plus 2 against response 3 plus 4. Then, Multilevel Poisson Regression (MPR) was used to estimate the prevale

SUBMITTER: Fonseca EPD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5578480 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature