Camila da Silva Gonçalo

Aggregation of plaque disclosing agent in a dentifrice

Na promocao de saude, a remocao da placa bacteriana e um fator importante e um dos metodos que incentivam sua remocao, e a escovacao dentaria, podendo-se prevenir a carie dental atraves do ion fluor dos dentifricios. Estes podem conter evidenciadores, possibilitando a visualizacao da placa bacteriana. Assim, avaliou-se o uso de evidenciadores na remocao de placa bacteriana em adolescentes, e se houve diferenca entre pastilhas de eritrosina e dentifricio contendo evidenciador. A amostra foi de 62 escolares de Piracicaba- SP, entre 12 e 14 anos, dividida em 3 grupos: o G1 como grupo controle (escovacao dental sem previa evidenciacao de placa); o G2 (evidenciacao de placa com pastilha de eritrosina e escovacao dental) e o G3 (escovacao com dentifricio contendo evidenciador de placa). Apos a escovacao, evidenciou-se a placa remanescente com pastilha de fucsina nos 3 grupos, medida pelo Indice de Higiene Oral Simplificado (IHOS), sendo realizada em 2 fases, com intervalo de 2 meses. Segundo a Analise de Variância (ANOVA), nao houve diferenca no indice IHOS entre os grupos (p>0,05). Entretanto, o G3 apresentou maior proporcao de escolares onde houve diminuicao do IHOS (23%) em relacao ao G2 (21%) e menor diferenca nas medias de acumulo de placa. Nao houve diferenca entre os grupos, entretanto, sugere-se que o dentifricio com evidenciador de placa tenha resultados positivos em relacao a pastilha de eritrosina, apesar da amostra ter sido pequena e poder ter interferido, havendo necessidade deste resultado ser melhor explorado.Dental plaque removal is an important issue in health promotion. Toothbrushing is one of the main methods employed for such purpose, since it can prevent dental caries by means of the fluoride present in the dentifrice. Dentifrices might contain plaque disclosing agents and thus allow dental plaque observation. The aim of this study was to assess whether utilization of a plaque disclosing agent interfered with plaque removal among adolescents, as well as the difference between utilization of erythrosine tablets and dentifrices containing plaque disclosing agent. The sample was composed of 62 students from Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, aged 12 to 14 years old, divided into 3 groups: G1 or control group (toothbrushing without plaque disclosure); G2 (plaque disclosing with an erythrosine tablet and toothbrushing) and G3 (toothbrushing with dentifrice containing plaque disclosing agent). After toothbrushing, disclosure of the remaining dental plaque was performed in all groups with a fuchsin tablet and measured through the Simplified Oral Health Assessment Index (OHI-S), in two stages with a 2-month interval between them. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that there was no difference in the OHI-S index between the groups (p>0.05), however the G3 displayed a higher proportion of students with plaque reduction (23%) than G2 (21%), besides the smallest difference in the mean remaining dental plaque. There was no difference between groups; however, it was suggested that the dentifrice with plaque disclosing agent had positive results in relation to the erythrosine tablet, even though the small sample size may have interfered with the results, indicating the need of complementary studies.

Estudo qualitativo sobre as justificativas de adolescentes para a não adesão ao tratamento odontológico

The study aimed to reflect on adolescents’ speeches regarding their justifications for non-adherence to dental treatment. This is a qualitative research derived from a quantitative research aimed at adolescents from 15 to 19 years of public schools belonging to the area of 34 Primary Health Units – Family Health, in Piracicaba, SP, in 2012. The adolescents were evaluated, diagnosed and referred for dental treatment. One year after this intervention and with non-adherence to treatment, we used a qualitative method to deeply understand this phenomenon. We conducted 25 interviews with a semi-structured script, divided into three blocks: adopted or did not adopt actions recommended; arguments justifying the non-adherence of recommended actions; dimensions related to oral health importance. We adopted the thematic analysis and non-adherence was related to some aspects and grouped in: no priority; priority and change of priority. We concluded that the main reasons for non-adherence are related to different priorities, and orthodontic brace was a potent stimulator of interest and establishment of priorities in oral health care among adolescents.

Observaciones clínicas sobre la eficacia del uso de la acupuntura y auriculoterapia como recurso terapéutico en odontología

Resumen Introduccion y objetivos Los estudios de revision representan una via de acceso a la informacion sintetizada que puede anadir evidencias de investigacion clinica a la practica clinica. Por consiguiente, el objetivo del presente estudio fue efectuar una revision de los estudios publicados de observaciones clinicas sobre la eficacia del uso de la acupuntura y la auriculoterapia como recurso terapeutico aplicado a la odontologia. Metodo Utilizando las palabras clave, “Terapia por Acupuntura”, “Auriculoterapia” y “Ensayos Clinicos como Asunto”, se efectuo una busqueda en las bases de datos Banco de Teses e Dissertacoes (base de datos de tesis y disertaciones) de la Universidade Estadual de Sao Paulo (USP); Biblioteca Virtual en Saude (BVS) y PubMed para identificar los estudios publicados sobre uso terapeutico de la acupuntura y la auriculoterapia aplicadas en odontologia. Los resultados se clasificaron segun el tipo de proceso odontologico y el tratamiento de acupuntura utilizado. Resultados El uso de la acupuntura y/o auriculoterapia como recurso terapeutico en odontologia ha sido descrito en 9 tipos diferentes de desordenes orofaciales. Conclusion Con el objetivo de contribuir de forma efectiva a la produccion de material bibliografico sobre el tema citado previamente, en esta revision se describen los datos disponibles concernientes a los estudios cientificos que abordan el uso de estos recursos terapeuticos en el tratamiento y prevencion de los procesos orofaciales mas habituales en la practica clinica odontologica.