title: Is there an association between the presence of dental fluorosis and dental trauma amongst school children?
abstract: Our objective was to evaluate whether there is an association with the different levels of dental fluorosis and the presence of dental trauma amongst school children. A transversal study was conducted amongst school children from the age of 12. Dental examinations were conducted by 24 well trained and fully qualified dental surgeons. Data was collected from 36 randomly selected public schools amongst 89 schools in a municipality. The criteria used to diagnose dental fluorosis was based on the Dean's fluorosis Index and for diagnosing dental trauma we looked for clinical signs of crown fractures and dental avulsions. Multiple descriptive analysis, which was bivariate, was carried out. Amongst the 2,755 school children that took part in the study 1,089 (39.6%) were diagnosed with dental fluorosis and 106 (3.8%) had one tooth or more with dental trauma. We noted a high prevalence of dental fluorosis, independent of the level of severity, amongst individuals with one tooth or more who had dental trauma. This association was even more evident where there were severely high levels of fluorosis. We also noted that the presence of fluorosis was greater amongst those that actively paid more attention to discoloration on their teeth and who received treatment from a dental professional at their schools. Nevertheless dental fluorosis was associated with the presence of dental trauma, independent of its severity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Centro de Ciências Básicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil, martins.andreamebl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lorenna Fonseca Braga de
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: João Gabriel Silva
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Faculdades Unidas do Norte de Minas, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rafael Inácio Pompeu
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Centro de Ciências Básicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil, martins.andreamebl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Caldeira Nunes
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Centro de Ciências Básicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil, martins.andreamebl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carolina de Castro
authors.initials: Cde C
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carolina Veloso
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Centro de Ciências Básicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil, martins.andreamebl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*