Association of self-perceived oral health in schoolchildren

The aim of this study was to assess the association between self-perceived oral health considering the domains of oral symptoms functional limitation emotional well-being and social well-being and the history of caries in students aged 8 to 14 in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira Amazonas - Brazil. The sample consisted of 509 students enrolled in the six municipal and state public schools in the Brazilian municipality with the highest proportion of self-declared indigenous people São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SGC) Amazonas State Brazil. The participants were divided into two groups one with children aged 8 to 10 and the other with children aged 11 to 14. The epidemiological examination was carried out by a calibrated examiner (Kappa: 0.98) using the CPO-D and ceo-d indices and self-perceived health was measured using the Child Perceptions Questionnaire CPQ8-10 and CPQ11-14 instruments which assess four domains: oral symptoms functional limitations emotional well-being and social well-being. The significance of the associations between the variables was tested by bivariate analysis and the associations that showed a p-value of less than 0.25.