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Prevalência de cárie dental em uma população de escolares da região amazônica

1990; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-89101990000400007

1518-8787

David Normando, Izamir Carnevali de Araújo,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

In view of the lack of data as to the prevalence of dental caries among typical amazonian populations, the authors carried out an epidemiological study of 103 schoolchildren from Sirituba Island, Abaetetuba, Pará, Brazil. The mean values found for DMFT and deft were 6.5 and 5.4 respectively. Although the region is very primitive, this high prevalence may be linked to several factors, among which is the urban influence, mainly through the use of sugar, on food habits in such a way as fundamentally to alter the diet of the amazonian population.