Dental caries experience in Indians of the Upper Xingu, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorRigonatto, Deborah Denise Leal
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, José Leopoldo Ferreira
dc.contributor.authorFrazão, Paulo
dc.creator.affilliationSem afiliaçãoen_US
dc.creator.affilliationUniversidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Odontologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasilen_US
dc.creator.affilliationUniversidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Odontologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T16:29:05Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T16:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractenThe present study describes the experience of dental caries in Indians communities of the Xingu, in order to supply parameters for further analysis of trends of the disease in Indians. We performed oral health examination in 288 Indians from four communities (Yawalapiti, Aweti, Mehinaku and Kamaiura) living in the southern part of the Xingu National Park, using international criteria defined by the World Health Organization. The outcome measures were the DMFT and dmft scores, and the care index. Indians of the Upper Xingu presented high levels of caries, in all age groups. The average DMFT for 11 to 13-year-old children – 5.93 – was lower than the index measured in 1993 for 12-year-old schoolchildren in nearby cities – 8.23 –, whose United Nations' human development index ranked medium. However, Indians presented a much lower care index, per age group, than these cities, and a high ratio of missing teeth for persons above 20 years old. These observations indicate low incorporation of dental care services. The irregularity of the services programmed for these communities, and the changing dietary and cultural patterns, mainly derived from their contact with the non-indigenous population of Brazil, reinforce the pressing need for health promotion initiatives aimed at these groups.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRIGONATTO, Deborah Denise Leal; ANTUNES, José Leopoldo Ferreira; FRAZÃO, Paulo. Dental caries experience in Indians of the Upper Xingu, Brazil. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo, v. 43, n. 2, p. 93-98, 2001.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0036-46652001000200008
dc.identifier.issn0036-4665
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.bvspovosindigenas.fiocruz.br/handle/bvs/1449
dc.language.isopor
dc.publisherUniversidade de São Pauloen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subject.decsBrasilen_US
dc.subject.decsSaúde de Populações Indígenasen_US
dc.subject.decsÍndios Sul-Americanosen_US
dc.subject.decsEcossistema Amazônicoen_US
dc.subject.decsCárie Dentáriaen_US
dc.subject.decsSaúde da Criançaen_US
dc.subject.decsEstudos Epidemiológicosen_US
dc.subject.decsSaúde Bucalen_US
dc.subject.decsEpidemiologiaen_US
dc.subject.decsSaúde do Adolescenteen_US
dc.subject.decsDeficiências Nutricionaisen_US
dc.subject.otherBrasilen_US
dc.subject.otherÍndios Sul-Americanosen_US
dc.subject.otherSaúde de Populações Indígenasen_US
dc.subject.otherMato Grossoen_US
dc.subject.otherParque Indígena do Xinguen_US
dc.subject.otherRegião Amazônicaen_US
dc.subject.otherEpidemiologiaen_US
dc.subject.otherRegião Centro-Oesteen_US
dc.subject.otherCárie Dentáriaen_US
dc.subject.otherSaúde da Criançaen_US
dc.subject.otherSaúde Bucalen_US
dc.subject.otherEstudos Epidemiológicosen_US
dc.subject.otherDeficiências Nutricionaisen_US
dc.subject.otherSaúde do Adolescenteen_US
dc.titleDental caries experience in Indians of the Upper Xingu, Brazilen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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