SOCIOECONOMIC AND HEALTH CARE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EDENTULISM IN BRAZIL
tooth loss; oral health; dental health services.
Tooth loss, also known as edentulism (total or partial), causes great damage to the individual, and may be related to chewing, digestion, phonation and aesthetics, and may have a negative impact on quality of life. Despite the advances obtained through the National Oral Health Policy, Brazil is still marked by a large amount of tooth loss. Most tooth loss is preventable and its high rate is associated with the complexity of rehabilitation and recovery of oral health. The aim of the present study is to analyze the socioeconomic and health care factors associated with edentulism in Brazil. The study will be quantitative, cross-sectional, using data from the National Health Survey (PNS) of 2019. The survey participants will be all individuals aged 15 years and older, interviewed by the National Health Survey 2019, who reported loss of at least one element dental treatment, totaling 90,650 individuals. Sociodemographic variables include sex, age, race, education, income, place of residence and health care variables are access to health services and registration of primary health care. Descriptive samples (absolute and relative frequencies) will take into account the requirements of complex samples. For the analysis of bivariate and multivariate association, the prevalence ratio (PR) and statistical significance will be calculated using the Wald test in Poisson regression, with robust variance, assuming a significance of 5% and a CI of 95%.