Oral health of an indigenous population in northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional Study of the Fulni-ô ethnic group
Koike, Bruna Del Vechio; Valões, Rosangela Maria Pereira; Cazal, Claudia; Pereira, Vanessa Cardoso; Fraga, Carlos Alberto de Carvalho; Carmo, Rodrigo Feliciano do; Pereira, Meireane Firmino; Guimarães, Manoel Pereira; Souza, Carlos Dornels Freire de; Armstrong, Anderson da Costa.
São Paulo med. j
; 142(1): e2022355, 2024. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is a lack of studies evaluating the oral health of traditional indigenous communities in Brazil.OBJECTIVES:
Thus, the objective of this study was to describe the oral health characteristics of the indigenous Fulni-ô ethnic group in Northeast Brazil. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
A cross-sectional observational investigation was conducted within the Project on Atherosclerosis among Indigenous Populations.METHODS:
This study included participants of both sexes from the Fulni-ô ethnic group. The participants included in this investigation underwent a comprehensive oral health evaluation by a registered and experienced dentist to assess oral health and identify potentially malignant oral lesions. Participants with suspicious lesions were referred for biopsy. Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney, and Student's t-tests were used, and measures of central tendency and dispersion were described. Statistical significance was 5%.RESULTS:
A total of 104 individuals were included in this study. The prevalence of the use of tobacco derivatives was 94.0%, with similarities between sexes. The prevalence of oral changes in this study population was 84.4%. Fifty-one individuals who underwent oral reassessment were referred for oral lesion biopsy.CONCLUSIONS:
This study demonstrated a high prevalence of oral alterations in the Fulni-ô population. Histopathological analyses indicated the presence of mild oral epithelial dysplasia in five cases.
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