Ricardo Cavalcanti Duarte

Prevalence of Dental Trauma in Children Aged 1–3 Years in Joao Pessoa (Brazil)

Aim: This was to determine the prevalence and distribution of traumatic injuries to primary anterior teeth in children from 1 to 3 years-old. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out through clinical examination of the primary dentitions of pre-school children enrolled in public nursery schools in Joao Pessoa (Brazil). A total of 293 boys and girls participated in the study. The children were clinically examined for signs of trauma according to Andreasen’s classification [1994.] Results: Traumatic injuries were identified in 10.2 % of children. The largest percentage of injuries was demonstrated by 2–3 years-old, with no significant difference between boys and girls. The most common type of injury was enamel fracture and enamel-dentine fracture. The maxillary central incisor was the most vulnerable to injury, without differences between the right and left side. Statistics: The data were entered in the SPSS program, and the chi square test was used with a 5% significance level. Conclusion: The primary dentition was most affected by fracture of enamel, especially the maxillary central incisor teeth, in patients between 2 and 3 years of age. There is a need of providing adequate preventive and treatment care for preschool children.

A influência do padrão de aleitamento no desenvolvimento de hábitos de sucção não nutritivos na primeira infância

This study verified the relationship between nonnutritive sucking habits and feeding methods in children from 12 to 36 months of age, attending public nursery schools in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba State. The sample consisted of 292 children of both gender and the data were collected by interviewing the childrens mothers or minders. The information of the forms consisted on the description of the frequency and duration of the nonnutritive sucking habits, as well as on the feeding methods. The data were analyzed through the statistical program SPSS, taking place distributions of frequencies and qui-square test and Fisher Exact. In relation to the presence of nonnutritive sucking habits, 69.2% of the children had some type of habit, being 61.6% the pacifier sucking and 8.2% the digital sucking. From the entire sample, 10.2% presented exclusive breastfeeding, 4.9% were just bottle-fed and 84.9% were breast-fed and bottle-fed. Considering the methods of feeding, 83.8% of the children presented exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life. The feeding methods presented significant association with the presence of nonnutritive sucking habits. As larger the duration of the exclusive breastfeeding, smaller the prevalence of sucking habits.

Prevalência de más oclusões em crianças com 12 a 36 meses de idade em João Pessoa, Paraíba

AIM: This study aimed to verify the prevalence of malocclusion in children aged 12 to 36 months, attending public daycare centers in the city of Joao Pessoa, Paraiba. METHODS: The sample consisted of 292 children, 161 boys (55.1%) and 131 girls (44.9%) randomly selected from various daycare centers. They were all examined in their daycare centers environments under natural illumination and the findings entered into a pre-structured form, carried out by one calibrated examiner (Kappa = 0.85), concerning overbite, overjet, anterior open bite and posterior crossbite. The data were analyzed through the statistical program SPSS. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of malocclusion in the sample was 40.7%, with anterior open bite detected in 35.6%, posterior crossbite in 5.1%, and moderate overjet and overbite in 35.5% and 24.7%, respectively. With the development of the occlusion, the prevalence of anterior open bite increased, with the results draw attention to the magnitude of the problem in childhood.

Panorama do Ensino da Terapia Pulpar em Dentes Decíduos nos Cursos de Graduação em Odontologia

Resumen pt: Objetivo: Verificar as abordagens terapeuticas endodonticas em dentes deciduos adotadas nas disciplinas de Odontopediatria dos cursos de graduacao em Odo...

Conhecimento de Professores das Creches Municipais de João Pessoa Sobre Saúde Bucal Infantil

Resumen pt: Objeti vo: Avaliar o nivel de conhecimento dos professores das creches municipais da cidade de Joao Pessoa, PB, sobre saude bucal infanti l. Metodo: Por ...

Transposição dentária: estudo de prevalência em escolares na cidade de João Pessoa, PB

Objeti vo: Avaliar a prevalencia da transposicao dentaria em estudantes de 8 a 15 anos matriculados em escolas da rede publica da cidade de Joao Pessoa/PB. Metodo: A amostra consti tui-se de 1263 individuos dentre nove escolas sorteadas em dois estagios, baseado na probabilidade proporcional ao tamanho dos conglomerados. Examinouse clinicamente todos os individuos, sendo selecionados os que apresentaram alteracoes como ausencia de espaco para erupcao, retencao prolongada do deciduo, agenesia dentaria e erupcao ectopica. Destes, 30 realizaram exame radiografi co periapical para confi rmacao do diagnosti co da transposicao. Os dados foram tabulados no SPSS (Stati sti cal Package for Social Sciences) v. 11.0 efetuando-se uma analise descriti va. Resultados: Observou-se que quatro individuos (0,32%) de 8,1 a 13,1 anos (media 11,1± 2,2) apresentaram transposicao dentaria envolvendo ambos os arcos, com maior frequencia na mandibula (75%), todas unilaterais esquerda. No arco inferior, as transposicoes foram do ti po incisivo lateral com canino, e no superior, do incisivo central com o lateral. Em relacao a possivel eti ologia foram observados fatores como hereditariedade (50%), retencao de deciduo (50%) e trauma (25%) nos individuos afetados, e em 75% dos casos, houve associacao com anomalias dentarias como, giroversoes, perda precoce ou retencao prolongada do deciduo e impactacao dentaria. Conclusao: Apesar de raras, as transposicoes dentarias acometem a populacao em geral, evidenciando a necessidade do diagnosti co precoce, de modo a evitar perdas dentarias e alteracoes na oclusao.