Influence of self-perceived oral health and socioeconomic predictors on the utilization of dental care services by schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Chaiana Piovesan (Author), José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes (Author), Renata Saraiva Guedes (Author), Thiago Machado Ardenghi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The influence of socioeconomic factors and self-rated oral health on children's dental health assistance was assessed. This study followed a cross-sectional design, with a multistage random sample of 792 12-year-old schoolchildren from Santa Maria, a city in southern Brazil. A dental examinatio...