title: Factors related to the dental caries incidence in youth: a cohort study in Brazilian Northeastern.
abstract: The conceptual model of the life course considers that health-disease is a dynamic process that is also affected by previous and current lifelong experiences. The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of caries and its determinants in young people in Sobral-Ceará, Brazil. This was a cohort study of oral health started in 2000, with waves in 2006 and 2012. 482 young people aged 17-21 years were examined and interviewed. The incidence of caries between 2006 and 2012 was the outcome analyzed and the independent variables were socioeconomic conditions and use of oral health actions and services. The average incidence of caries was 2.95 teeth from the adolescence to the youth. It was found that social deprivation throughout life and deny access to the dentist during infancy implies a greater incidence of caries in youth, therefore, the use of services and oral health actions during the adolescence and youth have not been sufficient to reduce inequities in oral health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Odontológica, Universidade Federal do Ceará. R. Alexandre Baraúna 949, Rodolfo Teófilo. 60430-160 Fortaleza CE Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Karine Macedo
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal RN Brasil.
authors.forename: Angelo Giuseppe
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Roncalli
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal RN Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Roberto Augusto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Noro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult