Luciane Miranda Guerra

• Doctor of Dental Surgery
• Professor (Full) at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered countless intense emotional experiences. The challenges posed by the unpredictability of this macro-phenomenon led to a “mass illness”, with impacts on mental health, particularly among healthcare providers, who worked directly with hospitalized patients, tirelessly seeking their recovery. This study aimed to interpr...

Introduction Health Psychology is aggregated to clinical studies providing physicians, nurses, and psychotherapists with psychodynamics of sick persons, facilitating interpersonal relationships and greater adherence to treatments. How do people deal with illness and treatment from what they symbolize in experiences of becoming ill? Watch & Wait Pro...

Introduction To handle well clinical treatments, it is crucial to know the expectations of patients who seek help. We need to ask ourselves: how do patients interpret subjectively their diagnosis, treatments, and self-care? Medical Psychology brings us theories for this understanding. Grave’s Disease is an autoimmune disorder, a form of hyperthyroi...

Introduction What topics from their personal lives do patients bring to talk to the clinical team, in addition to reporting their health-illness complaints, being examined, and receiving medical and nursing guidance? Knowing the symbolic aspects of the professional-patient relationship allows for care with more empathy and greater adherence to outp...

Objective: to describe the frequency and location of reported cases of violence against women (VAW) in the city of Campinas, from 2019 to 2020, as well as data that may be associated. Methods: secondary data from the city of Campinas was used. Descriptive analyzes were carried out considering variables such as place of residence, place of occurrenc...

Objective To interpret emotional meanings attributed by healthcare professionals to the clinical management of patients with Head and Neck Cancer, in a university-specialised outpatient service at a public general hospital. Method A qualitative study was carried out using semi-directed interviews with open-ended questions in-depth. The sample was...

Background: Brazil has witnessed a significant reduction in maternal-child mortality with the establishment of the Unified Health System. However, the rates remain high and should be mitigated through effective public policies that comprehend the factors involved in these elevated rates. Objective: To investigate the impact of prenatal care on the...

Resumo Este artigo explora sentidos e significados do trabalho odontológico no SUS, no contexto da relação profissional-paciente. Pesquisa qualitativa com 20 cirurgiões-dentistas que atuavam em um município paulista de médio porte, abordada por meio de três grupos focais, com a pergunta disparadora "Qual é o sentido ou significado do seu trabalho,...

Objective To assess the quality of life of nursing undergraduate students and factors associated with socioeconomic variables and internship field. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in an educational institution located in the northern region of the state of Ceará, Brazil, involving 309 nursing undergraduates from the 1st to the 10th s...

SARS-CoV-2 is caused by an RNA virus responsible for the disease known as COVID-19. First diagnosed in 2019, in a human being in the city of Wuhan, China, this disease is classified as a severe respiratory disease. Propagation occurs through coughing, sneezing, inhalation of droplets, or even indirect contact with the nasal, oral, and ocular mucous...

Persons with severe mental disorders have higher chances of presenting oral health problems than persons in the general population. Mental disorders are considered public-health problems worldwide. Interpreting statements on oral health made by medical students receiving instruction in psychiatry is essential to provide elements for reflection on t...

Background: In this study, we explored the mothers perception about their breastfeeding or weaning process. Methods: We conducted a clinical-qualitative study consisting of individual interviews with an intentional sample, closed by theoretical saturation criterion. Results: We analyzed the data using clinical-qualitative content analysis. We inter...

Introduction The care relationships of physicians and nurses with patients with Covid-19 had pointed to a scenario explorable from a psychological point of view due to the peculiarities of this pandemic. How do clinicians feel, when caring for their co-workers, in a context that was not so common to see colleagues occupy the patient’s place? What e...

Persons with severe mental disorders have higher chances of presenting oral health problems than persons in the general population. Mental disorders are considered public-health problems worldwide. Interpreting statements on oral health made by medical students receiving instruction in psychiatry is essential to provide elements for reflection on t...

Resumo Este artigo explora sentidos e significados do trabalho odontológico no SUS, no contexto da relação profissional-paciente. Pesquisa qualitativa com 20 cirurgiões-dentistas que atuavam em um município paulista de médio porte, abordada por meio de três grupos focais, com a pergunta disparadora “Qual é o sentido ou significado do seu trabalho,...

This study explores the senses and meanings attributed to dental work in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) focusing on dentist-patient relations. A qualitative research was conducted with 20 dentists working in a medium-sized municipality in São Paulo, divided into three focus groups and asked the guiding question “What sense or meaning do...

Embora se saiba muito sobre os dados mensuráveis da Saúde Bucal na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS), pouco se sabe sobre os aspectos individuais e subjetivos do profissional da odontologia. No desempenho de suas funções, o cirurgião-dentista entra em contato com ambientes, tecnologias e pessoas em sua total complexidade, desencadeando, como resposta,...

Introduction Health Psychology is a scientific branch that studies interpersonal relationships in the field of emotions and behavior in clinical settings. Violence against women is a gender-based action that alarmingly affects the population, with sexual violence (SV) being one of its main phenomena. The complexity of the care offered to SV patient...

Introduction There is a greater prevalence of oral problems in patients suffering from severe mental illness than in the general population. The psychiatrist use to be, naturally, a health professional with great clinical influence over these patients. Do young psychiatrists in training include oral evaluations on their patients? How does this doct...

Introduction Humanistic studies that explore symbolic aspects of the experience of working on the COVID-19 frontline are necessary. Do these professionals have psychic time to symbolize such acute experiences? We expect these preliminary findings of this research provide subsidies for discussing psychological management in groups with these profess...

The study aimed to analyze the quality of life, oral health impact on daily activities and its association with adherence to dental treatment, and other factors, among vulnerable adolescents. It is a longitudinal analytical study performed with 15- to 19-year-old adolescents in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, from 2014 to 2015. The sample consis...

Conhecer as percepções das mães adolescentes sobre a gravidez na adolescência é importante subsídio para uma abordagem efetiva e integral pelos profissionais de saúde e para políticas de saúde. O estudo analisou as percepções de mães de 15 a 19 anos que frequentaram a Unidade Básica de Saúde em Divinolândia-SP para realização do pré-natal entre jan...

Objectives: to analyze the prevalence of sugar consumption and associated factors in childcare consultations. Methods: cross-sectional study with 599 children > six months to < 24 months of age, assisted by the Family Health Units. Outcomes: daily consumption of sweetened beverages, sweets/candies, recorded in the Food and Nutrition Surveillance Sy...

Introdução: Do ponto de vista da saúde pública, a população masculina adulta mostra-se vulnerável ao uso de álcool e as suas consequências. A detecção precoce, assim como a busca por fatores associados são necessárias e as unidades de Saúde da Família são importantes locais para esta abordagem. Objetivo: Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar o...

Objetivo: analisar o perfil das vítimas de violência doméstica contra a mulher e fatores associados em Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. Métodos: estudo transversal de 736 boletins de ocorrência de violência doméstica contra mulher que não foram representados na Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher entre 2015-2018. A variável dependente foi violência física...

Background Integrated dental services within the Health System, particularly at primary health care, are crucial to reverse the current impact of oral diseases, which are among the most prevalent diseases worldwide. However, the use of dental services is determined by complex phenomena related to the individual, the environment and practices in whi...

Objective Different studies with adolescents address the difficulty they have to adhere to oral dental treatments. Therefore, better understanding the processes involved in adherence to treatment in this population is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence adherence to dental treatment in socially underprivil...

A Odontologia é uma das mais amplas áreas da saúde, permitindo que o cirurgião-dentista possa atuar em diferentes aspectos, desde o processo de promoção de saúde e prevenção de doenças, até o tratamento das mesmas. Neste contexto é indispensável atrelar conhecimentos básicos e específicos para o completo entendimento da ciência odontológica. O livr...

A Odontologia é uma das mais amplas áreas da saúde, permitindo que o cirurgião-dentista possa atuar em diferentes aspectos, desde o processo de promoção de saúde e prevenção de doenças, até o tratamento das mesmas. Neste contexto é indispensável atrelar conhecimentos básicos e específicos para o completo entendimento da ciência odontológica. O livr...

O objetivo do estudo foi descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de Leishmaniose Visceral (LV) na região de saúde de Sobral/Ceará (CE), entre 2015 a 2018. Trata-se de estudo descritivo com dados das fichas de notificação compulsória registradas no Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação. Entre os anos estudados foram notificados 247 ca...

Objective: To evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed foods among children, and to investigate associations with socioeconomic and demographic factors. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study with 599 children aged 6 months to 2 years, and listed as users of Family Health Units, in a medium-size city. Mothers were approached at home by...

Objectives: to analyze the understanding of the Therapeutic Itinerary of people affected by stroke in the Unified Health System context of a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo. Methods: this is a clinical-qualitative, using in-depth semi-structured interviews, conducted in 2019 with 6 patients, a number determined by theoretical saturat...

O objetivo do estudo foi descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de leishmaniose visceral (LV) na região de saúde de Sobral, Ceará, entre 2015 e 2018. Tratou-se de estudo descritivo com dados das fichas de notificação compulsória registradas no Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação. Entre os anos estudados foram notificados 247 casos...

Objective Understanding the individual and collective behavior of individuals about their oral health conditions is important to prevent and control of dental caries. This study aimed to seek evidence of the relationship between social capital and caries experience. Methods Using a systematic review with meta-analysis, we searched articles in PubM...

Introduction Contextualization: Emotional experiences of psychologists related to the care of suicide crises are important since the health professional has been trained to save lives. It makes him apprehend the aggressive side of suicide and symbolize it as an attack. When the patient’s desire to liveceases, the professional may feel confused, sin...

Objetivo O estudo descreveu a percepção dos usuários hipertensos e diabéticos sobre atenção à saúde prestada em Unidades Básicas de Saúde. Métodos Métodos básicos adotados: estudo qualitativo ocorreu no município de Itapeva (SP), no ano de 2015. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 12 usuários acima de 18, durante mês e uma análise tem...

Aim: The present study sought to investigate dental caries experience and its association with sociodemographic, postnatal and breastfeeding variables in children in the agerange from 6 to 71 months of age, in the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study that used secondary data pertaining to...

Background The state of São Paulo recorded a significant reduction in infant mortality, but the desired reduction in maternal mortality was not achieved. Knowledge of the factors with impact on these indicators would be of help in formulating public policies. The aims of this study were to evaluate the relations between socioeconomic and demographi...

Background This study aimed to identify the use of alcohol in adult men and to verify the association with socioeconomic, demographic and mental disorders. Methods A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out on adults aged 20 to 59 years old in the city of Piracicaba registered in the Family Health Units (FHU) in 2018. The pattern of alcoho...

Objetivo Investigar os motivos para procura dos serviços de urgência por usuários classificados com risco não urgente em duas Unidades de Pronto Atendimento de um município de médio porte do Estado de São Paulo. Metodologia Os dados qualitativos, utilizando a técnica de análise de conteúdo, foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas co...

O teatro pode ser visto como um jogo dramático e com foco educativo, pois consegue alcançar a criança em sua globalidade, abrangendo a criatividade e o aprendizado por meio da descontração. Trata-se de um relato de experiência de alunos do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Saúde Coletiva da FOP/UNICAMP, em orientar crianças através do teatro e ativ...

This study aimed to identify factors associated with the need for complete dentures in one dental arch or both, among the elderly population. The cross-sectional household study was conducted with a representative sample of elderly people (65 years or older) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2015. The dependent variable was the need for complet...

Background Different studies with adolescents refers to the difficulty they have to adhere to oral dental treatments. Therefore, better understanding the processes involved in adherence to treatment in this population is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence adherence to dental treatment in social underprivi...

Background: Different studies with adolescents address the difficulty they have to adhere to oral dental treatments. Therefore, better understanding the processes involved in adherence to treatment in this population is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence adherence to dental treatment in socially underpriv...

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o uso do conceito de eficiência na gestão dos serviços de saúde do Sistema Único de Saúde Tratou-se de uma revisão integrativa cujo contexto de estudo foi a gestão em saúde pública, o fenômeno identificado foi a eficiência de gestão e os serviços públicos brasileiros de saúde foram tomados como população. Com...

O aumento progressivo do investimento em saúde visa a melhoria na qualidade de vida da população e possui uma dinâmica que envolve grande valor socioeconômico. O número de novas tecnologias lançadas no mercado é crescente, porém tem seu ciclo de vida curto. A elevação dos custos em saúde representa, portanto, um desafio para as fontes pagadoras gov...

Objective: To analyze the scientific literature on Baby-Led Weaning with an integrative literature review to identify risks and benefits. Data source: The databases used were: National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS – Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde), U...

The objective of this study was to investigate the experience of caries related to social capital and associated factors in adults in large-scale population-based study. A Cross-sectional study was performed in 163 municipalities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (SBSP-2015). 17,560 people were evaluated, of which 6051 were adults aged 35–44 years....

Este estudo descritivo transversal de natureza quantitativa pretendeu identificar as atitudes dos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) frente ao uso de álcool e outras drogas e sua associação com fatores socioeconômicos e sociodemográficos. A pesquisa foi realizada nas Equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família implantadas em Piracicaba-S...

A dependência química é um tema que vem ganhando espaço dentro das discussões sociais e em saúde. Um dos caminhos de enfrentamento desta problemática é a adequada assistência prestada aos usuários de álcool e outras drogas por parte dos profissionais de saúde em especial os que fazem parte do sistema público de saúde (Barros e Pillon, 2007). Assim,...

Introduction: Determining how primary pharmaceutical assistance is structured allows us to establish situational diagnoses and to visualize possible implications for an essential part of the Brazilian Unified Health System. Methods: We evaluated pharmaceutical services of all municipalities that compose the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Health...

Docente da área de Psicologia Aplicada, do Departamento de Odontologia Social da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - FOP-UNICAMP. Doutora em Odontologia - área de concentração Saúde Coletiva - pela FOP-Unicamp. Mestre em Odontologia Legal e Deontologia pela FOP-Unicamp e especialista em Saúde Coletiva pela FOP-Unicamp. Coordenadora do Programa...

Satisfaction with dental aesthetics is a subjective indicator used in epidemiological studies and is related to health behaviours. Little is known about the factors that influence this indicator, particularly among adolescents who live in a situation of social vulnerability. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between malocclu...

O câncer de colo do útero, quando diagnosticado precocemente, apresenta um dos mais altos potenciais de prevenção e cura. Os objetivos do estudo foram: a) avaliar a proporção de resultados alterados de Papanicolau nas 20 unidades da Região da Supervisão de Saúde da Penha da cidade São Paulo, Brasil; b) diagnosticar os fluxos de acompanhamento corre...

Background The state of São Paulo recorded a significant reduction in infant mortality from 1990 to 2013, but the desired reduction in maternal mortality was not achieved. Knowledge of the factors with impact on these indicators would be of help in formulating public policies. The aims of this study were to evaluate the relations between socioecono...

O presente trabalho teve por objetivo conhecer como se dá a gestão do cuidado em saúde aos dependentes químicos a partir das percepções de profissionais e usuários da Atenção Básica. Estudo qualitativo, onde 30 Profissionais distribuídos em 4 Grupos Focais e 6 usuários das Equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família do município de Piracicaba-SP respond...

O presente trabalho teve por objetivo conhecer como se dá a gestão do cuidado em saúde aos dependentes químicos na Estratégia Saúde da Família a partir das percepções de gestores municipais de saúde. Estudo qualitativo, onde 23 Gestores de Saude do município de Piracicaba-SP distribuídos em 4 Grupos Focais responderam à seguinte questão disparadora...

O presente estudo avaliou o estresse, a ansiedade e fatores socioeconômicos e demográficos a eles associados entre alunos participantes do Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica – Ensino Médio (PIBIC -EM) atuantes na Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP-UNICAMP). Os participantes responderam instrumentos de pesquisa validad...

Este estudo buscou compreender consensos e contradições, entre os profissionais da equipe de saúde nas unidades de família (USF) no município de Piracicaba, sobre a influência no aumento de adesão ao tratamento odontológico entre os adolescentes. Para tal pesquisa, foram realizados grupos focais em 6 unidades diferentes, nesses grupos uma pesquisad...

Avaliou-se a associação entre qualidade de vida, coesão familiar e fatores sociodemográficos de famílias beneficiárias do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF). Estudo transversal, analítico e de caráter exploratório com amostra representativa de 385 entrevistados. A variável dependente foi a qualidade de vida (WHOQOL-BREF), e as variáveis independentes qua...

O presente estudo investigou o uso e abuso de álcool e outras drogas e fatores socioeconômicos e sociodemográficos a eles associados entre graduandos de odontologia. Os participantes (graduandos em odontologia) responderam instrumentos de pesquisa validados, que investigam as variáveis relacionadas a este estudo, incluindo a variável dependente (us...

O objetivo deste estudo consistiu em compreender os motivos da não adesão à saúde bucal dos adolescentes na vivência da equipe de saúde da família. É uma pesquisa qualitativa que foi realizada em seis unidades de saúde da família em Piracicaba que incluía a equipe de saúde bucal. Foi utilizado o método de grupo focal nas USFs formados por 8 a 12 pr...

O objetivo deste trabalho é conhecer, descrever e problematizar o referenciamento de usuários ao Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas (CAPS ad) em Teresina (PI). Estudo descritivo realizado no CAPS ad após a investigação de 272 prontuários do período de julho de 2013 a janeiro de 2014. Identificou-se um pequeno número de usuários oriundos...

O presente estudo avaliou o estresse à ansiedade, depressão e fatores socioeconômicos e sociodemográficos entre pós-graduandos em odontologia. Os participantes responderam instrumentos de pesquisa validados, que investigaram as variáveis relacionadas a este estudo, incluindo as variáveis dependentes (ansiedade, stress e depressão) medidas, respecti...

Objetivo: Aprofundar a temática “Redes de atenção à saúde bucal”, suas dificuldades de implantação e sugestões para sua operacionalização, segundo as percepções de coordenadores de saúde bucal. Métodos: Estudo de natureza qualiquantitativa, realizado com os quatro gestores das cidades, sedes das macrorregiões de saúde do Piauí, que responderam a qu...

Objective To investigate whether there is an association between sense of coherence levels and early weaning. Method This study had a quantitative nature and a cross‐sectional design. Factors associated with early weaning (interruption of maternal breastfeeding) were investigated in a sample of 425 women older than 18 years, mothers of children up...

Objective: This study aimed to assess the oral impact on daily performance and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, tooth pain, need for prosthesis, and periodontal disease of adults in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study with secondary data obtained from the Oral Health Condit...

Introdução Os índices de aleitamento materno no Brasil permanecem muito abaixo dos considerados ideais, fazendo-se necessário o entendimento das variáveis envolvidas na fragmentação do aleitamento ao longo dos meses de vida da criança. Objetivo Objetivou-se, neste estudo, verificar a associação entre o tipo de aleitamento no momento da alta hospit...

OBJECTIVE: Analyze if clinical, sociodemographic and access to dental services variables influence the impact of oral health on the daily activities of adolescents, adults and older adults. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with secondary data from the State Oral Health Survey (SB São Paulo 2015) conducted in 163 cities of São Paulo. A total of 17,...

Aim: To investigate whether quality of life of mothers is related to oral health of disabled children. Method: This is an analytical cross-sectional study, based on interviews with 49 mothers and oral clinical examination (DMFT and OHI-S) in children with disabilities from 2 to 6 years old, assisted by the Rehabilitation Center of Piracicaba, SP...

Objective: To investigate whether there is an association between sense of coherence levels and early weaning. Method: This study had a quantitative nature and a cross-sectional design. Factors associated with early weaning (interruption of maternal breastfeeding) were investigated in a sample of 425 women older than 18 years, mothers of childre...

This study aimed to assess the association between quality of life and clinical and sociodemographic variables in type 2 diabetes patients, after they had started treatment in Primary and Specialized Health Care. This is an analytical cross-sectional study with a sampling of diabetic patients from Primary (n = 385) and Specialized (n = 385) Health...

Context: There is a trend toward reduction in the caries index in populations of schoolchildren in developed and developing countries. In spite of this reduction, 53.4% Brazilian children present caries experience in primary dentition. Aims: To evaluate the association between dental caries experience in 5-year-old Brazilian and individual and cont...

Introdução A perda dentária é considerada um evento grave na vida dos pacientes e pode levá-los à reclusão social. A reabilitação por meio de próteses pode contribuir para a melhora da autoimagem de edêntulos totais. Objetivo Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer os fatores associados aos sentimentos decorrentes da perda de dentes e às expectati...

Introdução Os gestores municipais da saúde devem responder às demandas de suas equipes e dos pacientes do Sistema Único de Saúde, enfrentando cotidianamente situações potencialmente estressoras. A sobrecarga no trabalho pode levar à exaustão física e mental, com esgotamento dos recursos emocionais, e desencadear a Síndrome de Burnout (SB), cujas co...

The study aimed to reflect on adolescents' speeches regarding their justifications for non-adherence to dental treatment. This is a qualitative research derived from a quantitative research aimed at adolescents from 15 to 19 years of public schools belonging to the area of 34 Primary Health Units - Family Health, in Piracicaba, SP, in 2012. The ado...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of Community Health Agents (CHA) about the oral health/disease process, and compare the results between those who work in Family Health Teams (FHT), with and without Oral Health Teams (OHT). The participants in this study were 162 subjects, representing 66% of the total number of CHA in the munici...

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os motivos das faltas às consultas odontológicas em Unidades de Saúde da Família (USF) e implementar estratégias para sua redução por meio da pesquisa-ação. O estudo foi realizado em 12 USF de Piracicaba/SP, de 01 de janeiro a 31 de dezembro de 2010. A amostra se consistiu de 385 usuários, entrevistados por te...

Investigate the individual and contextual variables related to caries in underprivileged adolescents, and the disparity in distribution of the disease. Cross-sectional analytical study, conducted in the city of Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, in 2012. The probabilistic sample was composed of 1,179 adolescents from 15-19 years of age, randomly selected from...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Centers for Dental Specialties (CDS) in the country and associations with sociodemographic indicators of the municipalities, structural variables of services and primary health care organization in the years 2004-2009. The study used secondary data from procedures performed in the CDS to...

Objective: To evaluate the evolution of indicators after the implementation of 21 Oral Healthcare Teams in the Family Health Strategy. Methods: We used data from outpatient services of Oral Healthcare Teams to evaluate efficiency, access, percentage of absences and emergencies of oral healthcare professionals who worked in the partnership betwee...

Purpose To evaluate the influence of clinical variables, individual and contextual characteristics on the quality of life (QL) of underprivileged adolescents in a municipality in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Piracicaba, in 2012, with 1,172 adolescents aged 15–19 year...

This is an ecological, analytical and retrospective study comprising the 645 municipalities in the State of São Paulo, the scope of which was to determine the relationship between socioeconomic, demographic variables and the model of care in relation to infant mortality rates in the period from 1998 to 2008. The ratio of average annual change for e...

Trata-se de estudo ecológico analítico, retrospectivo, composto pelos 645 municípios do Estado de São Paulo, cujo objetivo foi verificar a relação entre variáveis socioeconômicas, demográficas e modelo de atenção, em relação ao coeficiente de mortalidade infantil, no período de 1998 a 2008. Foi calculada a proporção de variação média anual para cad...

Objective: To assess individual and contextual aspects associated with caries in adolescents 15-19 years of age of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. Method: The study was independently reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas. This cross sectional study was carried out in...

This article aims to evaluate the referencing of the demand for specialized care in oral health in Campinas in relation to the distribution of treatment and the influence of socio-economic variables in addition to the perception and information available to users in relation to counter-referencing. It is an observational exploratory study, selectin...

Purpose: To determine the incidence of dental caries and evaluate the influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on the time for disease to appear in the permanent teeth after 3 years of follow-up. Materials and methods: The random sample of this cohort study consisted of 427 5-year-old preschool children attending 22 public...

INTRODUCTION: The progressive increase in the rates of malocclusion has generated the need for knowledge of its prevalence, so that measures of health promotion and prevention can be developed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between malocclusion and socioeconomic, demographic, habits and care in five years old children. MATERIAL AND METHOD:...