Use of Dental Care Among Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Unified Health System

Ruiz, Luciana Fantinel / Uffermann, Gabriela / Vargas-Ferreira, Fabiana / Bavaresco, Caren Serra / Neves, Matheus / de Moura, Flavio Renato ReisPage 25 - 31Purpose: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with the use of public Unified Health System-based dental services by pregnant women and recent mothers.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, face to face interviews were conducted to collect data on the outcome of interest (prevalence of use of dental care) and independent variables (sociodemographic, pregnancy, and prenatal care data). A total of 302 pregnant women seen at public dental services in the municipality of Canoas, southern Brazil, were interviewed. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-squared test and hierarchical Poisson regression with robust variance (p
Source: Oral health and Preventive dentistry - Category: Dentistry Source Type: research