TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Is dental trauma more prevalent in maltreated children? A comparative Study in Southern Brazil
JO  - International journal of paediatric dentistry
A1  - da Silva-Júnior, Ivam Freire
A1  - Hartwig, Andréia Drawanz
A1  - Goettems, Marilia Leao
A1  - Azevedo, Marina Sousa
SP  - 361
EP  - 368
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Although a high prevalence of head and neck trauma has been reported in maltreated children and adolescents, most of these studies focused on record-based analyses, and only a few used control groups. <br><br>AIM: To assess the presence of dental trauma in maltreated children in comparison with children without a history of maltreatment. <br><br>DESIGN: A cross-sectional study with 68 maltreated children and 204 age, sex-, and school-matched control participants was conducted in Pelotas, a Southern Brazilian city. Socioeconomic and demographic data were collected. Clinical examinations were performed to evaluate dental trauma (O'Brien Index) and dental caries (WHO criteria). The Fisher's exact and chi-squared tests were used for intergroup comparisons of socioeconomic and clinical variables. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to obtain adjusted odds ratios (OR). <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of dental trauma was 23.53% (n = 16) among maltreated children and 14.22% (n = 29) in the comparative group. After adjustment, the occurrence of dental trauma showed association with child maltreatment, with an OR of 2.14 (95% confidence interval 1.03-4.44) for maltreated children in comparison with children in the comparative group (p = 0.04). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Maltreated children presented with more dental trauma than those with no history of maltreatment. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<br><br>This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0960-7439
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12466
ID  - ref1
ER  -