Perfil epidemiológico de saúde bucal da população do parque indígena do Xingu, entre os anos de 2001 e 2006 / Conditions of Oral Health of the Park of Xingus Population, among 2001 and 2006.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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There is a lack of information about the epidemiology of oral health conditions of the Indian population in Brazil. In general, available data are related to urban regions. Information about the epidemiology of oral health in the Xingu Indian Park (PIX) derive from surveys that employed different methodologies for collecting and analyzing the data, making it difficult to have an adequate picture of the problem. Since the creati of the indian Special Sanitary District of Xingu (DSEIXingu) in 1999, three epidemiologic surveys for oral health were carried out, based on the methodology proposed by the World Health Organization - WHO. The present study analyzed the oral health conditions in four villages of the PIX, considering treatment needs. A descriptive study was performed, using data already collected by surveys carried out by the health team of the DSEI-Xingu, employing the same methodology, in the years 2001, 2003 ead 2006. The DMF-T index was used to avaluate the caries experience, and for periodontal disease, the community periodontal index (CPI). The analisys of the results showed that the main oral health problem in the studied villages was tooth decay, reaching 81% of the population in 2006. In relation to caries, it was observed a decline in the mean of the DMF-T for majority of the age-groups in 2006 in relation to 2001 and an improvement in the proportion of people free of caries for the ages between 0-19 years. The mean of the dmf-t for the 0 to 3 year age-group was higher in 2006, except in the Moigu village, where a decline was observed (from 8.0 in 2001 to 1.8 in 2006). Comparing the DMF-T and dmf-t between 2006 and 2001, it was observed that the component " decayed" decreased in most of the age-groups in the four villages, as well as an increase in the component "filled and missing". For the deciduous teeth, the component "decayed" had greater contribution in the dmft in all the villages. The CPI index showed an increase in the proportionof persons without periodontal disease and a decrease in the proportion of persons with some kind of periodontal pockets in all the villages. Calculus was the main problem. In relation to treatments needs, indication of restoration was the most frequent and there was a increase in the number of teeth without any need. For periodontal disease, more than 80% of the persons aged 15 years or more need treatment and professional tooth cleaning; more complex treatment was required only by 3% of the individuals. We concluded that there was an improvement in the oral health conditions of this population, in the period 2001 to 2006. an explanatory hypothesis for this findings could be the implementation of the strutured oral health program in this region.

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dmf-t index south american indians. cárie dentária cpi index Índice ipc epidemiology epidemiologia dental caries Índice cpo-d saúde bucal Índios sul-americanos. oral health

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