Prevalence of Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease, Access to Dental Services and Perception of Oral Health in Adolescents and Adults from a Rural Community in Angola.

Purpose: To investigate the epidemiological profile of dental caries and periodontal disease, access to dental services, and perception of oral health in adolescents and adults from a rural community in Angola.

Materials And Methods: This is an observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, performed with 575 individuals aged between 12 and 40 years. The prevalence of caries and periodontal disease was assessed using the DMFT index and the Community Periodontal Index.

Oral health in home care: Perspectives and experiences of dentists in a Brazilian region.

Introduction: Home care provided by dentists is crucial for ensuring adequate oral care. However, oral health professionals face challenges in delivering treatment at patients' residences due to a lack of resources. Our objective was to explore dentists' perspectives and experiences of dental home care and potential challenges for its implementation.

Analysis of the Dental Caries Epidemiological Profile in Children of Benguela city, Angola.

Purpose: To analyse the epidemiological profile of dental caries in children aged 5 and 12 years in the city of Benguela, Angola.

Materials And Methods: This was an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 with 190 12-year-old schoolchildren and 240 5-year-old schoolchildren from the public education system in Benguela, Angola. The relationship between dental caries and dental characteristics, sociodemographic factors, access to dental services, oral hygiene practices, and eating habits was analysed.

Knowledge and attitude of women with high-risk pregnancy about the Zika virus transmission.

Objective was to analyze the knowledge and attitude of high risk pregnant women about zika. This is a cross-sectional study, quantitative, with a sample of 201 high risk women who perform prenatal the Ambulatory Medical Specialties. A self-administered instrument, was applied after consultation with the doctor.

[Auditory alterations and student knowledge and perception on noise at a dental teaching clinic].

Objective: To identify auditory alterations in dentistry students and evaluate the level of knowledge in relation to noise-induced hearing loss.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study. Surveys applied to third-year students of the day school, and fourth-year students of the night stomatology school.

[A quantitative and qualitative study of exclusive breastfeeding intention by high-risk pregnant women].

The scope of this research was to assess the breastfeeding intention among high-risk pregnant women and related factors. It is a cross-sectional, qualitative and quantitative study, with 1,118 high-risk pregnant women who attended the prenatal care unit at a specialized center of the Unified Health System. The dependent variables were exclusive breastfeeding intention, intended duration and conditions that might interfere with breastfeeding.

Health surveillance: public water supply fluoridation in 40 municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil.

Since fluoridation of water is an established public health measure for the prevention of dental caries and considering that monitoring of the method is crucial to its success, this study aimed to analyze the results of the analysis of the fluorine content of public water supply of 40 municipalities in the state of São Paulo, from November 2004 to December 2016. Samples were analyzed monthly using the potentiometric method. Of the 32,488 samples, 50.

Clinical and Microbiological Analysis of Mechanical and Chemomechanical Methods of Caries Removal in Deciduous Teeth.

Purpose: This study evaluated carious tissue removal by mechanical and chemomechanical methods (Carisolv and Papacárie) through colony-forming unit (CFU) counts of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus sp. Treatment acceptability, presence and level of pain, use of anesthesia, time required for caries removal and pain 24 h after treatment were also compared.

Materials And Methods: A clinical trial with 32 individuals who had at least two deciduous molars with active occlusal caries lesions were selected and randomly divided into two groups (I and II).

Caries Experience in Preschool Children over a 10-year Period.

Purpose: To analyse the caries experience in preschool children at two moments 10 years apart.

Materials And Methods: Two cross-sectional epidemiological studies, the first in 2006 (n = 275) and the second in 2016 (n = 258), were carried out with samples composed of children from 3 to 6 years of age. All children were enrolled in the municipal schools of basic education of a municipality in northwest São Paulo state, and they attended an annual and continuous oral health education programme.

Hepatitis B Immunization Analysis: Tracking of Antibody Levels among Dental Patients.

Aim: To verify the immunization status of dental students against HBV using an immunochromatographic rapid test and explore its associated protective and preventive effects against the disease.

Material And Methods: This transversal epidemiological study was conducted in a public dental school in Brazil. A total of 263 dental students who were at clinical practice were invited to participate in the study.

Caries in children with lactose intolerance and cow's milk protein allergy.

Dental caries in 5-to-8-year-old children with cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) and lactose intolerance (LI), their treatment needs, and the consumption of milk-based products and milk derivatives by these patients were investigated. A cross-sectional study was undertaken with 200 children in southern Brazil in 2017. The clinical examination was based on the World Health Organization criteria and a questionnaire was sent to parents or legal guardians to collect information on the children's food intake, pre-existing systemic diseases, medication use, and CMPA and LI.

Influence of oral health on the quality of life of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized elderly people.

Background: This study aimed to determine the perception of institutionalized (G1) and noninstitutionalized (G2) elderly people on oral health and quality of life (QOL).

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional, exploratory study applied two instruments - the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and the World Health Organization QOL-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) - in two cities of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Among the institutionalized elderly, G1 ( = 150), 50% were not mentally able to answer the questions correctly, 12% did not answer all the questions, and 7.