Yêska Paola Costa Aguiar

Traumatismos maxilofaciais em crianças e adolescentes em Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil

Objective: To evaluate the maxillofacial traumatisms in children and adolescents in the city of Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. Method: This investigation was a ...

Relationship between Risk Behavior for Eating Disorders and Dental Caries and Dental Erosion

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is an association between risk behavior for eating disorders (EDs) and dental erosion and caries. A controlled cross-sectional study was conducted in Brazil, involving 850 randomly selected female adolescents. After evaluating risk behavior for eating disorders through the Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburgh, 12 adolescents were identified with severe risk behavior for EDs and matched to 48 adolescents without such risk. Dental examinations, anthropometric measurements, and eating habits and oral hygiene were performed. Adolescents with high severity eating disorder condition were not more likely to show dental caries (p = 0.329; OR = 2.2, 95% CI: 0.35–13.72) or dental erosion (p = 0.590; OR = 2.33; 95% CI: 0.56–9.70). Adolescents with high body mass index (BMI) were five times more likely to have high severity eating disorder condition (p = 0.031; OR = 5.1; 95% CI: 1.61–23.07). Therefore, high severity risk behavior for EDs was not significantly associated with dental caries and dental erosion. However, high BMI was a risk factor for developing eating disorders and should be an alert for individuals with this condition.

Oral health habits, prevalence of dental caries and dental erosion in adolescents

Objective To assess oral hygiene habits, and prevalence of dental caries and erosion in adolescents of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Methods Cross-sectional study with random cluster sampling involving 201 15-year-old schoolchildren. Oral health habits were obtained through questionnaire, and socioeconomic data, by means of interviews. The DMFT index was adopted to determine the prevalence of caries and that proposed by O’Sullivan, to assess dental erosion. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18. A 5% significance level was adopted. Results All subjects reported using toothbrush and toothpaste, 50.7% reported dental flossing, and association was found between sex and use of mouthwash (p <0.05). Regarding dental caries, the mean DMFT was 3.67 and 51.7% had DMFT lower than or equal to 3. For dental erosion, 18.4% of the sample had erosive lesions, predominantly enamel lesions (92%). Conclusion The use of dental floss was low and adolescents revealed unsatisfactory index. The DMF-T value was moderate and lower than that reported for the Brazilian age group. The prevalence of dental erosion was high, with predominance of enamel lesions. Indexing terms: Dental caries. Oral hygiene. Tooth erosion.

Susceptibility of Candida Albicans and Candida Non-Albicans Strains to Essential Oils

Candida albicans is the most prevalent species in fungal infections. Substances contained in plants may have effects similar to synthetic drugs against pathogenic microorganisms. The essential oils (EO) of five plants (Cymbopogon winterianus, Mentha arvensis, Pimpinella anisum, Eucalyptus citriodora and Baccharis trimera) were tested against standard Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. krusei strains. The antifungal activity was determined based on the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Fungicide Concentration (MFC) performed by the microdilution method using 96-well microplates and sowing in Petri dishes, respectively. EOs presented antifungal activity, with MIC between 625 and 10,000ìg / mL, especially EO obtained from Cymbopogon winterianus, which presented better performance, representing a potential natural product with anti-Candida activity.

HÁBITOS DE HIGIENE BUCAL E CONDIÇÃO PERIODONTAL DE ESCOLARES ADOLESCENTES

Objetivo: Avaliar os habitos de higiene bucal e a condicao periodontal de escolares adolescentes do municipio de Campina Grande – PB. Material e Metodos: Pesquisa transversal, quantitativa e descritiva, sendo a amostra probabilistica composta por 201 adolescentes com 15 anos de idade. Os dados foram coletados atraves de um formulario contendo informacoes sobre habitos de higiene bucal e do exame clinico odontologico, cujos parâmetros utilizados foram o Indice Periodontal Comunitario (CPI) e o Indice de Higiene Oral Simplificado (IHO-S). Os dados coletados foram tabulados (dupla digitacao) com auxilio do software SPSS® (StatisticalPackage for the Social Sciences – versao 18.0) e analisados por meio da estatistica descritiva (distribuicoes absolutas e percentuais). Resultados: Todos os adolescentes faziam uso da escova dental, 91,5% escovando de 2 a 4 vezes ao dia, porem, 49,3% dos individuos nao fazia uso de fio dental, e 33,8% relataram utilizar enxaguatorio bucal. Apesar de terem apresentado IHO-S satisfatorio (55,2%), 97% dos pesquisados possuiam alguma alteracao periodontal, sendo o sangramento a mais prevalente (85,6%), seguido do calculo dental (42,8%). Conclusao: E baixa a utilizacao do fio dental e de enxaguatorios pelos adolescentes, sendo o sangramento gengival a alteracao periodontal predominante, apesar de a maioria dos participantes, de acordo com o IHO-S, ter apresentado um grau de higiene oral satisfatorio. DESCRITORES Adolescentes. Higiene Bucal. Doencas Periodontais. Periodontia.

Assessment of Oral Hygiene Level and Periodontal Condition in Brazilian Adolescents

Objective: To evaluate the oral hygiene level and periodontal condition of adolescents aged 15-19 years and socioeconomic factors. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study with 630 adolescents from public schools randomly selected in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil. For data collection, a form containing socioeconomic variables and those related to oral hygiene was used. The oral hygiene level was measured through the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) and periodontal condition was evaluated by the Community Periodontal Index (CPI). Data were descriptively and inferentially analyzed using the chi-square test, adopting significance level of 5%. Results: Adolescents were mostly females (59.5%), aged 16 years (32.4%), non-white (77.8%), with family income lower than US

Association between Dental Erosion and Diet in Brazilian Adolescents Aged from 15 to 19: A Population-Based Study

612.00 (55.1%), with parental schooling of up to high school (50%). Periodontal condition showed no significant association with any of the socioeconomic factors (p> 0.05). All participants reported using toothbrush; however, the control of interproximal plaque with flossing was reported by only 44.1%, being higher among females (p = 0.028), and its use has been associated with periodontal status (p = 0.026). The oral hygiene level was satisfactory for 59.7% of adolescents, while CPI showed that only 1.6% of them had healthy periodontium and gingival bleeding (34.4%) and presence of dental calculus (37, 8%) were the most prevalent alterations. Conclusion: Adolescents showed satisfactory oral hygiene condition; however, there was a high prevalence of gingival bleeding and dental calculus. Periodontal condition was associated with flossing; however, association with socioeconomic factors was not observed.