Availability of Dental Prosthesis Procedures in Brazilian Primary Health Care

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...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2018-01, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-5
Main Authors: de Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães, Lucas, Simone Dutra, Matta-Machado, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga, Cunha, Maria Aparecida Gonçalves Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory care
Analysis
Brazil
Cluster analysis
Clusters
Data collection
Dental Implantation
Dental implants
Dental materials
Dental Prosthesis
Dental prosthetics
Dentistry
Dentures
Dependent variables
Female
Geographical distribution
Health care
Health care policy
Humans
Implants, Artificial
Male
Medical personnel
Oral hygiene
Population
Practice Patterns, Dentists
Preventive medicine
Primary care
Primary Health Care
Prostheses
Prosthesis
Public health
Quality
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation
Statistical analysis
Studies
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2018/4536707