Structural validity of the Brazilian version of the Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13) in oral health research: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

Background: The Sense of Coherence (SOC) construct has been used worldwide in oral health research, but rigorous factor analyses of the scale are scarce. We aim to test the dimensional structure of the Brazilian short version of the SOC scale with 13 items.

Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of four independent cross-sectional Brazilian studies on oral health, using the 13-items SOC scale.

Factor analysis of two versions of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance scale.

The aim of this study was to explore the factorial structure and agreement of two scoring versions of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale, and to compare the fit of the originally proposed factorial structure, as opposed to an alternative model. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) were conducted to explore the dimensional structure of the OIDP on a convenience sample of 200 adults (S1). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were performed on a random sample of 720 adults (S2).

Occupational stress and self-perceived oral health in Brazilian adults: a Pro-Saude study.

The scope of this study is to investigate the association between occupational stress and self-perception of oral health. Data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire filled out in a Pró-Saúde Study by 3253 administrative technical staff from Rio de Janeiro's State University. Occupational stress was measured by means of a questionnaire elaborated in 1970 by Karasek, duly shortened by Thorell in 1988.

Advising mothers about breastfeeding and weaning reduced pacifier use in the first year of life: a randomized trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of home visits for advising mothers about breastfeeding and weaning on pacifier use in the first year of life.

Method: A randomized field trial was conducted on mothers who gave birth within the public health system in the Brazilian city of Sao Leopoldo (intervention group = 200; controls = 300). The intervention group received the advice 10 days after the child's birth, monthly up to 6 months, at 8, 10, and 12 months, based on the 'Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding', a Brazilian national health policy for primary care, which follows WHO guidelines.

Solitary median maxillary central incisor syndrome and holoprosencephaly: a case report.

Solitary median maxillary central incisor syndrome (SMMCIS) is a rare anomaly that affects 1 in 50,000 live births. Of unknown etiology, SMMCIS is characterized by the presence of a single central incisor located on the maxillary midline and may be associated with developmental defects and systemic alterations. SMMCIS also is associated with short stature, mild forms of deviation in craniofacial morphology, and intellectual disability.