Dental Status of Firefighters of Rio de Janeiro State and Comparison with Brazilian Oral Health Surveys

André Luis  Caúla; Viviane Santos da Silva  Pierro; Márcia Pereira Alves  dos Santos; Ellen Rose  Bundzman; José dos Santos  Branco Júnior; Luiz Henrique Schwartz  Tavares

Authors

André Luis Caúla
Viviane Santos da Silva Pierro
Márcia Pereira Alves dos Santos
Ellen Rose Bundzman
José dos Santos Branco Júnior
Luiz Henrique Schwartz Tavares

Keywords:

Health Surveys, Oral Health, Firefighters, Dental Caries, Periodontal Diseases

Abstract

Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess clinical dental status in military firefighters of Rio de Janeiro State and compare data with Brazilian National and Regional oral health surveys. Material and Methods: A sample of 926 military firefighters was examined using the visible biofilm index, the DMFT index and the Community Periodontal Index (CPI). Clinical exams were performed by 15 trained dentists. The Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test with Bonferroni correction were used. Results: Higher biofilm accumulation was associated with increased age. The mean DMFT index for the whole sample of this study was 12.74 (±7.03), and the ‘filled’ component was the most prevalent (69.9%), whereas the ‘decayed’ and ‘missing’ components were, respectively, 8.4% and 21.7%. There was a higher prevalence of periodontal diseases with increasing age, ranging from 57.1% in firefighters of 34 years or less to 70.5% in the ones between 35 and 44 years old and 75.4% in participants at age 45 years or older. Clinical dental status of the military firefighters who belonged to the age group 35-44 was better than the one observed for the Brazilian population at the same age range. However, pathological conditions that can be solved with health promotion strategies associated with dental procedures of low complexity still persist. Conclusion: These results suggest that the availability of dental health care services itself does not represent the most effective approach to the oral health problems found in the studied population.

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