Diagnostic accuracy of severe periodontitis case definitions: Comparison of the CDC/AAP, EFP/AAP, and CPI criteria.

Background: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of severe periodontitis by three different case definitions.

Methods: Patients aged >35 years (n = 243, mean age = 47.8 ± 9.

Factors related to the dental caries incidence in youth: a cohort study in Brazilian Northeastern.

The conceptual model of the life course considers that health-disease is a dynamic process that is also affected by previous and current lifelong experiences. The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of caries and its determinants in young people in Sobral-Ceará, Brazil. This was a cohort study of oral health started in 2000, with waves in 2006 and 2012.

Factors associated with malocclusion in youth in a municipality of Northeastern Brazil.

The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with severe malocclusion in young people in Sobral, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. This is cross-sectional study nested in a cohort study with a sample of 569 young people aged from 17 - 21 years who participated in the survey on oral health. The rate of categorized dental aesthetics of Dental Aesthetic Index < 31 and Dental Aesthetic Index ≥ 31 was used.

Contribution of cohort studies in the analysis of oral health in children and adolescents in Sobral, Ceará.

The main objective of this study was to identify the oral health status of the child population in a northeastern Brazilian municipality as a strategy to carry out subsequent longitudinal studies to investigate the main determinants of oral diseases in the specific age groups of teenagers and young adults. Epidemiological investigations and interviews were conducted in households by research teams. In the first study, a DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) score of 1.

Toothache and social and economic conditions among adolescents in Northeastern Brazil.

The scope of this study was to correlate toothache with social and economic conditions, access to oral health facilities and the lifestyle of adolescents in Sobral in the state of Ceará. It was conducted as a cross-sectional analytical study with a sample composed of 688 adolescents. The prevalence of toothache in the study group was 31.

Agreement between parents and adolescents on dental fluorosis: a population-based study.

This study evaluated the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis and compared the reports from adolescents aged 12 to 18 years with those of their parents regarding the perceptions and concerns arising from this disease. The study was conducted in the cities of Viçosa and Sobral and the District of Rafael Arruda (Sobral), Ceará. A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2010 to March 2011, with 891 students examined and 780 parents or guardians interviewed.

[Analysis of protection or risk factors for dental fluorosis in 6 to 8 year-old children in Fortaleza, Brazil].

Objective: To investigate protection or risk factors for dental fluorosis in permanent teeth of 6 to 8 year-old children in a neighborhood of Fortaleza, Brazil.

Methods: This case-control study included 57 controls and 67 children with fluorosis affecting superior and inferior incisors teeth as determined by the Dean classification criteria. Presence of fluorosis was considered as the dependent variable.