11. avaliação das condições de higiene e estética dental em ...

11ABSTRACTIn the '50s, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the oral diseases ofinterest in Public Health, dental caries, periodontal diseases, malocclusion, oralcancer and cleft lip and palate the most prevalent. This study aimed to evaluate thehygiene and aesthetics dental of children / adolescents Eradication of Child Labor(PETI) of the Santa Clara, Joao Pessoa / PB. For data collection techniques wasused as the interview and examination to identify oral health and oral aesthetics ofchildren and adolescents based on the Manual of Field Team from the NationalSurvey of Oral Health - SB Brazil 2010. The sample comprised 50 children /adolescents aged 07-15 years, of both genders regularly active in PETI. Data weresubjected to statistical tests of association with a significance level of 5%. The resultsshow a high rate of visible plaque (VPI) and gingival bleeding (GBI), 97.3% and83.3% respectively, despite all children having toothbrush and brush your teethreporting three or more times a day. Seeking public service 97.7% of children, theroutine the main reason for visiting. The presence of malocclusion was observed in66.7% of children, there was no association between gender. Thepresence of crowding was observed in 61.9%, 54.7% spacing, anterior open bitein7.2%, the normal molar relation ship and overjet in 52.4% jaw, among theabnormalities of space and occlusion was the most prevalent. No relationship wasfound between the educational level of parents and malocclusion. Of children withmalocclusion (66.7%), 45.2% report needing some treatment, braces (35.7%) themost cited. We conclude that the participants express low esteem with oral health ona high IPV and ISG. The high prevalence of malocclusion demonstrates thefundamental recognition of malocclusion as a significant demand that should bejudged not only on the need for treatment, but also with regard to preventive andeducational actions, which should be reflected in development of a health programfor this community.KEYWORDS: Oral Health; Dental Occlusion; Epidemiology