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Availability of Dental Prosthesis Procedures in Brazilian Primary Health Care
Joint Authors
Cunha, Maria Aparecida Gonçalves Melo
Matta-Machado, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga
Lucas, Simone Dutra
de Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-02-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
To describe dental prosthesis provision in the Brazilian public health service and report the performance of dental prosthesis procedures according to the Brazilian macroregions.
Methods.
A structured interview was conducted with senior-level health professionals from each of the 18,114 oral health teams (OHT).
The dependent variables were performance of removable prostheses and prosthesis procedures, including provision of fixed prostheses by OHT.
Descriptive statistics were produced together with performing a cluster analysis using SPSS version 19.0.
Results.
The manufacture of any type of prosthesis was done by a minority of OHT (43%).
The most commonly provided types of dental prosthesis were removable full and partial dentures.
Cluster 1 (teams that performed prosthesis procedures the most) was composed of a smaller number of teams (n = 5,531), and Cluster 2 (composed of teams that do not perform prosthetics or that perform them in small amounts) consisted of 12,583 teams.
The geographic distribution of clusters reveals that the largest proportion of Cluster 1 teams is located in the Northeast (33.9%) and Southeast (33.6%).
Conclusions.
A minority of OHT produce dental prostheses.
There is an unequal geographical distribution of clusters.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cunha, Maria Aparecida Gonçalves Melo& Matta-Machado, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga& Lucas, Simone Dutra& de Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães. 2018. Availability of Dental Prosthesis Procedures in Brazilian Primary Health Care. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126722
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cunha, Maria Aparecida Gonçalves Melo…[et al.]. Availability of Dental Prosthesis Procedures in Brazilian Primary Health Care. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cunha, Maria Aparecida Gonçalves Melo& Matta-Machado, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga& Lucas, Simone Dutra& de Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães. Availability of Dental Prosthesis Procedures in Brazilian Primary Health Care. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126722
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1126722