title: [Dental caries in 12-year-old schoolchildren from a non-fluoridated municipality in the Western Brazilian Amazon, Brazil, 2010].
abstract: to describe dental caries occurrence and dental care received among 12-year-old schoolchildren in a small town in the Amazon region according to sex and area of residence.
  
  
  
  this was a descriptive study conducted in Acrelandia-AC, Brazil, in 2010; DMFT and dental care indexes were estimated in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations.
  
  
  
  186 schoolchildren participated, 47.8% were girls and 41.4% lived in the rural area; DMFT was 2.15 (1.77;2.52) without differences between the categories; the care index was 32.8%, with higher rates for the rural area (p<0.001).
  
  
  
  although they lived in a non-fluoridated area, the schoolchildren had a caries experience and dental care pattern closer to that of Brazil as a whole rather than that of the Northern region; the hypothesis of association with the level of human development and the performance of Family Health Strategy Oral Health teams is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frazão
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Rio Branco-AC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cleber Ronald Inácio Dos
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Prefeitura de São Paulo, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Doroti Elisabete D'Aquino
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Benicio
authors.affiliation: Prefeitura de São Paulo, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Regina Auxiliadora de Amorim
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Helena D'Aquino
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Benício
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marly Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo Capel
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Narvai
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005457:Fluoridation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data