Abstract

FARIA, Juliana Figueiredo dal Gallo; FIGUEIREDO, Márcia Cançado; SIMOES, Bianca de Simoni  and  MUNDSTOCK, Karina Santos. Analysis of sucrose intake in the diet of patients treated at the Orthodontic Clinic of the School of Dentistry, Ufrgs. RFO UPF [online]. 2016, vol.21, n.1, pp. 43-48. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: To verify the frequency and time of sucrose intake in the diet of patients treated at the Orthodontic Clinic, School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (FO-Ufrgs). Subjects and method: The present study analyzed - by requesting a food intake diary for 3 (three) days - the sucrose intake in the diet of patients through the Cariogenic Potential (C.P.) index. In addition, the Cariogenic Potential index was associated with gender and age of patients. Results: From a total of 82 questionnaires sent, 44 of them were returned (53.7%). The average of the total score of Cariogenic Potential was 69 points (± 24.5), corresponding to a moderate score of Cariogenic Potential. However, 18 patients (40.9%) showed high C.P. score, 22 patients (50%) showed an average score, and only 4 patients (9.1%) presented a low score. There was no statistically significant association of the Cariogenic Potential index with neither gender (p = 0.727) nor age (p = 0.742) of patients. There was a significant statistical association of average sucrose intake in-between meals with C. P. score (rs=0.616; p<0.001). Conclusion: The diet of most patients (90.9%) present moderate to high score in relation to the Cariogenic Potential index. There was no statistical significant association of the Cariogenic Potential index with gender or age of patients.

Keywords : Dental Caries.; Diet.; Orthodontics..