TY - JOUR
KW - Oral Health
KW - leprosy
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Epidemiology.
AU - Filgueira AA
AU - Paresque ÁAC
AU - Carneiro SMF
AU - Teixeira AKM
AB - OBJECTIVE: assess the oral health status of leprosy patients in Sobral-CE. 
METHODS: cross-sectional study. An epidemiological oral health survey and interview were conducted with 65 leprosy patients. Oral health, socioeconomic data, use of dental services and perception of the relationship between oral health and disease were analyzed. 
RESULTS: the majority had low education (n=47) and were not instructed to see a dentist when they were diagnosed (n=44). Ten respondents experienced some difficulty brushing their teeth, because of numbness in the upper limbs. A statistically significant relationship between reactive episodes and gingival bleeding (p=0.010), operational classification (p=0.001) and demand for dental services (p=0.001) was observed. 
CONCLUSION: it is importantfor leprosy patients to have dental follow-up in order to reduce sources of infection with this disease.
BT - Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
DO - 10.5123/S1679-49742014000100015
IS - 1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: assess the oral health status of leprosy patients in Sobral-CE. 
METHODS: cross-sectional study. An epidemiological oral health survey and interview were conducted with 65 leprosy patients. Oral health, socioeconomic data, use of dental services and perception of the relationship between oral health and disease were analyzed. 
RESULTS: the majority had low education (n=47) and were not instructed to see a dentist when they were diagnosed (n=44). Ten respondents experienced some difficulty brushing their teeth, because of numbness in the upper limbs. A statistically significant relationship between reactive episodes and gingival bleeding (p=0.010), operational classification (p=0.001) and demand for dental services (p=0.001) was observed. 
CONCLUSION: it is importantfor leprosy patients to have dental follow-up in order to reduce sources of infection with this disease.
PY - 2014
SP - 155 
EP -  164
ST - Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde
T2 - Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
TI - [Oral health in leprosy patients, Sobral, Ceará state, Brazil]
TT - Saúde bucal em indivíduos com hanseníase no município de Sobral, Ceará
UR - http://scielo.iec.pa.gov.br/pdf/ess/v23n1/v23n1a15.pdf
VL - 23
SN - 1679-4974
ER -