| dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) | |
| dc.creator | Firoozmand, Leily Macedo | |
| dc.creator | Paschotto, Daniele Riera | |
| dc.creator | Almeida, Janete Dias | |
| dc.date | 2014-05-20T14:04:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-10-25T17:10:11Z | |
| dc.date | 2014-05-20T14:04:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-10-25T17:10:11Z | |
| dc.date | 2009-01-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-05T21:32:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-05T21:32:03Z | |
| dc.identifier | Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry. Hanover Park: Quintessence Publishing Co Inc, v. 7, n. 1, p. 77-81, 2009. | |
| dc.identifier | 1602-1622 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/22611 | |
| dc.identifier | http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/22611 | |
| dc.identifier | WOS:000207968700011 | |
| dc.identifier | http://ohpd.quintessenz.de/index.php?doc=toc&year=2009&issue=1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/867992 | |
| dc.description | Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the use of oral piercings and their possible associated complications among students aged 14 to 18 years.Materials and Methods: A total of 927 students from private and state schools were invited to participate in this study. The participants were subjected to clinical examination, and a questionnaire was provided for collecting the following data: gender, piercing location, oral complications or alterations, and cleaning frequency.Results: Among the students who were analysed, 33 had oral piercings (3.6%); 69.70% were from state schools and 30.30% were from private schools. There was a slight predominance of males (54.55%) compared with females (45.45%). The tongue was the most common location for piercing (66.6%). The complications and alterations associated with the use of piercing were observed in 74.3% of the cases.Conclusions: In the population that was studied, oral piercing was observed in a small percentage of teenage students (3.6%) and there were local complications associated with its use. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Quintessence Publishing Co Inc | |
| dc.relation | Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.subject | body piercing | |
| dc.subject | dental plaque | |
| dc.subject | infection | |
| dc.title | Oral Piercing Complications Among Teenage Students | |
| dc.type | Otro | |
