Impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida de crianças pré-escolares atendidas na Clínica Odontopediátrica da Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Abstract

Background: The presence of oral disease can have an impact on quality of life of preschool children and their parents, influencing oral health and general well-being of these people. Objective: To evaluate the impact of oral health on quality of life of preschool children and their parents. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire B- ECOHIS (Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale) was applied to 37 children aged 3 to 6 years attending the pediatric dental clinic of the Federal University of Sergipe - Aracaju Campus. In addition, a socioeconomic assessment questionnaire was applied and was subsequently performed clinical examination to assess the children caries index, using the dmft, and the simplified oral hygiene index. Results: Regarding to the quality of life, the results showed that children and consequently their families are affected by the oral health conditions in which children who had higher caries rates also presented more affected in their quality of life in various aspects. In terms of socio- economic aspects, regarding the family income, it was observed that 51% of the parents received between 1 to 2 minimum wages and regarding the level of education, 59% of parents had completed high school. Conclusion: Based on the result of the analysis of multidimensional aspects presented in this work, it could be concluded that oral health directly affects the quality of life of preschool children and their families, where the higher the decay rate, the greater the impairing of this disease in the life and well-being of these children and their families.