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KNACKFUSS, Aline Pedrazzi; COSTENARO, Regina Gema Santini  e  ZANATTA, Fabricio Batistin. Dental pain and risk indicators in young. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.59, n.2, pp. 185-191. ISSN 1981-8637.

Objective Dental pain is highly prevalent and can affect social and psychological subjects. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors in students from three public schools in Santa Maria. Methods Two examiners collected the data of eight hundred forty-seven students through a structured questionnaire with forty-five questions. Of these, nine questions were related to dental outcomes. Prevalence data of dental pain and related causes were computed by relative frequency and outcome variables associated with the "dental pain in the last six months", "dental pain very frequent" and "time with dental pain" were analyzed by odds ratios obtained with chi-square test. Results The prevalence of dental pain was observed in more than 60% of the sample and the male presented less chance for very common pain than women had more pain very common (95% CI OR 12:22 0:07- 0.64) and individuals over 14 years had more time to dental pain the past 6 months that individuals younger than 14 years (OR 3.31 CI95% 1.39-7.87). Still, among the reasons for the dental pain, changes related to dental caries account for approximately 30% of the prevalence of dental pain. Conclusion Therefore, it is concluded that the dental pain is prevalent and that women and individuals over 14 years are most affected. However, it is necessary to confirm these findings in studies with representative samples

Palavras-chave : Dental caries; Pain; Prevalence.