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The frequency of oral yeast ingestion and its relationship with sucking and feeding habits was described in children from one to 18 months of age. Yeasts were detected in 58.3 percent of children and the most prevalent species were Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans. The use of a pacifier was positively associated with the frequency of yeast infection and with the levels of these microorganisms in the mouth. No relationship was detected between the prevalence of yeast and breast-feeding or bottle-feeding habits. The results suggest that use of a pacifier is an important local factor in the colonization and proliferation of yeast in the oral cavity.
Assuntos
Candidíase Bucal/classificação , Cuidado do Lactente/instrumentação , Alimentação com Mamadeira , Brasil , Aleitamento Materno , Candida/classificação , Candida/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Candida albicans/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Candidíase Bucal/microbiologia , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Contagem de Colônia Microbiana , Comportamento Alimentar , Humanos , Lactente , Boca/microbiologia , Razão de Chances , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Comportamento de Sucção/classificação , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosAssuntos
Ansiedade ao Tratamento Odontológico/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Brasil/epidemiologia , Assistência Odontológica/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Prevalência , Análise de Regressão , Fatores Sexuais , Fatores Socioeconômicos , População UrbanaRESUMO
The Dental Fear Survey (DFS), a paper and pencil instrument for assessing dental fear and avoidance, has been widely used and validated in fear studies in the US. However, before such instruments are used in countries and cultures dissimilar to the one in which it was developed, they should be cross-validated in that culture. The present study is an examination of the DFS response characteristics in a group of 374 Brazilian university students. Factor analysis of the DFS revealed three factors essentially identical to those found among university students in the US and in Singapore, as well as among US adult dental patients. Higher DFS scores were significantly associated longer intervals since last dental visit. These results are taken as evidence that the DFS performs in this Brazilian sample very much as it does in other samples; and is thus, a valid indicator of dental fear at least among Brazilian university students.