scholarly journals Profile of the orthodontist practicing in the State of São Paulo - Part 2

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 32e1-32e6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Brandalise Rampon ◽  
Celestino Nóbrega ◽  
José Luiz Gonçalves Bretos ◽  
Franco Arsati ◽  
Sérgio Jakob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Orthodontic Wires ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
Conventional Brackets ◽  
Materials Used

INTRODUCTION: The choice of brackets, bands and wires is a very important aspect of orthodontic treatment. Stainless steel prevailed for a long time, but new alloys and resources have emerged to diversify the orthodontic wire mechanics. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the profile and materials used by orthodontists practicing in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 2,414 specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics registered with the Regional Board of Dentistry of São Paulo State (CRO-SP). To assess the association between qualitative variables, the Chi-square association test was employed at 5% significance level. RESULTS: Five hundred and ninety-three (24.65%) questionnaires were completed and sent back. Efficiency was the key reason given by the professionals for choosing a particular material. The majority showed a preference for metal brackets (98%), followed by ceramics (32%) and polycarbonate (7.8%). The most widely used brackets had 0.022 x 0.028-in slots (73.2%). Regarding orthodontic wires, 88.2% employed round steel wires and conventional round NiTi wires, while 52.6% used round heat-activated NiTi and 46.5% rectangular TMA wires. Elastics (92.9%) were the most widely used method to tie the orthodontic archwire to the bracket. CONCLUSIONS: In this survey, the orthodontists claimed that efficiency was the major motivator for choosing orthodontic materials. Conventional brackets tied with conventional elastic ligatures are still the most used by the professionals. Among steel and conventional Nitinol wires, round wires ranked first. The use of resources recently available to Brazilian orthodontists, such as self-ligating brackets and mini-implants, was not significant.

scholarly journals Profile of the orthodontist practicing in the state of São Paulo - Part 1

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 22e1-22e6
Author(s):  
Fabio Brandalise Rampon ◽  
Celestino Nóbrega ◽  
José Luiz Gonçalves Bretos ◽  
Franco Arsati ◽  
Sérgio Jakob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Practice ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
Practice Methods ◽  
Regional Board

INTRODUCTION: Orthodontics is no different from other sciences to the extent that it is a field in constant evolution and development. Nowadays, given the availability of a wide range of materials and biomechanical resources, as well as the development of new diagnostic capabilities, new methods to manage orthodontic treatment have emerged. Furthermore, due to the proliferation of postgraduate programs, it is increasingly important to gain insight into the profile of these specialists and the resources they use. OBJECTIVE: Examine the profile of orthodontists practicing in the State of São Paulo. The questions were prepared to evaluate different aspects of orthodontic practice. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 2.414 specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics registered with the Regional Board of Dentistry of São Paulo State (CRO-SP). To assess the association between qualitative variables, the Chi-square association test was employed at 5% significance level. RESULTS: Five hundred ninety-three (24.65%) questionnaires were completed and returned. The sample profile consisted of males (54.3%), aged between 41 and 50 (40.5%), who had been registered with the São Paulo Regional Board of Dentistry (CRO-SP) for 6 to 10 years (29.3%). The three most widely mentioned cephalometric analyses were standard USP (71.5%), McNamara (59.2%) and Ricketts (52.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Based on a statistical analysis of the data one can conclude that the Straight-Wire technique was used most often (74.5%), and this technique is associated with orthodontists who have been specialists for less than 10 years. Most people surveyed (52.4%) routinely make use of functional orthopedic resources in their daily practice.

Factors associated with high-risk pregnancy: role of environmental contaminants, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Martins ◽  
J Fernandes ◽  
Y Pamplona ◽  
C Barbieri ◽  
J Vaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Environmental Contaminants ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
High Risk Pregnancy ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Risk Pregnancy ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Introduction The Região Metropolitana da Baixada Santista (RMBS) is considered as a region with the worst maternal and child mortality rates in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Besides this, RMBS has the worst rates of environmental contamination. High-Risk Pregnancy is one of the factors that lead to a higher chance of morbidity and mortality of the mother and fetus binomial. Objective Evaluate the relationship between exposure to environmental contaminants and high-risk pregnancy. Methodology Case-control study, using a probabilistic sample composed of 402 pregnant women divided into with and without high-risk pregnancy. The instrument used was a self-administered questionnaire and secondary data on contaminated areas obtained from the Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo. Descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed. The participants were also georeferenced by place of residence. Results It was observed an association, by chi-square test between high-risk pregnancy and age over 35 years (p < 0.05), use of insecticide (p < 0.001), consumption of foods packed in plastics (p = 0.050) and manipulation with oil paint (p = 0.002). The final multiple logistic regression model demonstrated that those who live in contaminated areas are 2 times more likely to have a risk pregnancy (OR = 1.993; 95%CI: 1.02; 3.90), as well as identified as jointly important risk factors for pregnancy: working in health services (OR = 3.97 (95%CI: 1.00; 16.09)), use of insecticide (OR = 3.45 (95%CI: 1.66; 7.16)) and use of oil paint (OR = 6.96 (95%CI: 1.38; 35.09)). Conclusions Environmental contaminants play an important role in pregnancy, and mitigating measures are needed to improve the environment and reduce high-risk pregnancy in RMBS. Key messages Exposure to the environmental contaminants is an important rik factor in the pregnancy. The Região Metropolitana da Baixada Santista (RMBS) is considered as a region with the worst maternal and child mortality rates in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

scholarly journals Aiming for Intrasectorality: Public Safety and Health

10.3823/2595 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando de Lima Paulo ◽  
Marco Akerman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Western Region ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Intelligence System ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Health And Safety

         Question: Are Public policies that contemplate intrasectorality capable of producing better results for society, public health and safety?           Design: Descriptive study with data analysis from September 2014 to December 2015.           Participants: Civil and Military Police of São Paulo State (western region of São Paulo City).           Intervention: Analysis of criminal indicators of public health interest in the western region of São Paulo City during the period of applicability of intrasectorality as public health and safety policy.           Outcome measures: analysis of the management model and record of reports interesting to public health. The first analysis was carried out in 3 police districts, later spreading to the entire western region of São Paulo City.           Qualitative variables were based on the International Code of Diseases (ICD). The quantitative results obtained were extracted from the Criminal Intelligence System.           Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with a significance level of 95%. The software used was the bioestat 5.0 for windows.           Results: There was a reduction of 4% to 44% in criminal indicators of public health interest.           Conclusion: Intrasectorality was able to improve public health outcomes when used as public policy in police institutions, reducing the impact of violence on public health.

scholarly journals Evaluation of adapted books and the use of Tactile Cartography at public schools in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Carla Cristina Reinaldo Gimenes de Sena ◽  
Barbara Gomes Flaire Jordão
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Materials Used

Brazil adopts an educational inclusion policy, which is based on the insertion of students with special needs in the elementary and high school. In the State of São Paulo, Brazil, visually impaired students, who attend public schools, receive books adapted for blind and low sighted individuals, so they can participate on Geography classes. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the enlarged material adapted to braille used at the elementary school. The analysis was based on the principle of the graphical semiology developed by ALMEIDA (2015), which discusses the use of alternative materials in order to represent areas, lines and dots with different heights, textures and shapes. The results were obtained through interviews, surveys and evaluation of teachers and students, who somehow experience the specificities of the visually impaired students daily. We observed that the adapted books do not bring all information contained in the original versions of the books and some of the exercises are not presented. Furthermore we could notice that the teachers and other students do not have any level of proficiency in understanding braille, which can hamper the interaction between visually impaired and the other students. After the observations, we adapted 22 maps using colored materials and handcraft techniques taking in-to account the different needs of the low sighted audience. The materials used are easy to be found and purchased, since they have a low cost. Using this alternative material we achieved a learning that was representative to all students and to the teachers, providing the socialization of the acquired knowledge.

scholarly journals Bruxism in children and transverse plane of occlusion: Is there a relationship or not?

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carla Raphaelli Nahás-Scocate ◽  
Fernando Vusberg Coelho ◽  
Viviane Chaves de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Transverse Plane ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Posterior Crossbite ◽  
Potential Association ◽  
Chi Square Test

OBJECTIVE: To assess the occurrence of bruxism in deciduous dentition and a potential association between the habit and the presence or absence of posterior crossbite. METHODS: A total of 940 patient files were assessed. They were gathered from the archives of University of São Paulo City - UNICID; however, 67 patient files were dismissed for not meeting the inclusion criteria. Therefore, 873 children, males and females, comprised the study sample. They were aged between 2-6 years old and came from six different public primary schools from the east of the city of São Paulo. Data were collected through questionnaires answered by parents/guardians and by clinical examinations carried out in the school environment in order to obtain the occlusal characteristics in the transverse direction. First, a descriptive statistical analysis of all variables was performed (age, sex, race, posterior crossbite, bruxism, headache and restless sleep); then, the samples were tested by means of chi-square test with significance level set at 0.05%. A logistic regression model was applied to identify the presence of bruxism. RESULTS: The prevalence of this parafunctional habit was of 28.8%, with 84.5% of patients showing no posterior crossbite. Regarding the association of bruxism with crossbite, significant results were not found. Children with restless sleep have 2.1 times more chances of developing bruxism, whereas children with headache have 1.5 more chances. CONCLUSION: Transverse plane of occlusion was not associated with the habit of bruxism.

scholarly journals Prevalence of weathering nodules of the ear in patients treated at the state civil servant's hospital of São Paulo, Brazil*

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Juliana Nunes Maciel Cilento ◽  
Neusa Yuriko Sakai Valente
Keyword(s):  
Sun Exposure ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Exposure Age ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
History Of ◽  
Thermal Injuries

BACKGROUND: Weathering nodules of the ear are pale yellow, asymptomatic lesions which predominate on the helices of the ears. Although their pathogenesis remains unknown, there is an association with chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation, age and thermal injuries. Few studies have been conducted to date, and these involved a very small number of patients. OBJECTIVE: Study the prevalence of weathering nodules of the ear in patients treated in the Dermatology Service of the State Civil Servant's Hospital of São Paulo, and evaluate their probable relationship with sun exposure, age and phototypes I and II. METHODS: Four hundred patients older than 20 years of age were examined between July 2008 and December 2008. A questionnaire evaluating age, sex, place of birth, origin, occupation and history of sun exposure was applied. All patients were examined and evaluated for the presence of lesions by only one person. RESULTS: The data showed that 155 (38.8%) patients had a lesion in at least one of the ears. The Chi-Square Test was used for the comparative analysis between the groups of patients with and without lesions. In the group of patients with lesions, 29% were 70 to 79 years old, 78.1% had a history of sun exposure and 45.1% belonged to FITZPATRICK skin phototypes I and II (p<0.05%). CONCLUSION: The findings suggest relevant prevalence, probable association with chronic sun exposure, advanced age and phototypes I and II.

The Daily Routine of Students in the Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-163
Author(s):  
Lilian Marques Silva
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Public School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Technological Advances

The almost instantaneous access to information provided by technological advances has revolutionized the behavior of people and of the classrooms too. Teachers had to adapt themselves to new technologies to maintain students interested and attentive to the discipline being taught. In this work, the behavior of the students of the 6th grade of elementary school II during class was observed. The school chosen is a public school in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). The research was based on data collection. The students were observed by being filmed during six months. The results showed that the students were interested in the classes and committed to the activities. The place that the student chooses to sit in the classroom influences the behavior of the teacher, because the more distant the teacher, the less he participates in the class.

Sound-Politics in São Paulo

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Crime Control ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Analytical Category

This book is an ethnographic study of controversial sounds and noise control debates in Latin America’s most populous city. It discusses the politics of collective living by following several threads linking sound-making practices to governance issues. Rather than discussing sound within a self-enclosed “cultural” field, I examine it as a point of entry for analyzing the state. At the same time, rather than portraying the state as a self-enclosed “apparatus” with seemingly inexhaustible homogeneous power, I describe it as a collection of unstable (and often contradictory) sectors, personnel, strategies, discourses, documents, and agencies. My goal is to approach sound as an analytical category that allows us to access citizenship issues. As I show, environmental noise in São Paulo has been entangled in a wide range of debates, including public health, religious intolerance, crime control, urban planning, cultural rights, and economic growth. The book’s guiding question can be summarized as follows: how do sounds enter and leave the sphere of state control? I answer this question by examining a multifaceted process I define as “sound-politics.” The term refers to sounds as objects that are susceptible to state intervention through specific regulatory, disciplinary, and punishment mechanisms. Both “sound” and “politics” in “sound-politics” are nouns, with the hyphen serving as a bridge that expresses the instability that each concept inserts into the other.

scholarly journals Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea Latreille, 1802: new continent record and distribution extension in Brazil

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Juventina Magrini ◽  
Paula Beatriz Araujo ◽  
Marcio Uehara-Prado
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
First Time

Terrestrial Isopods were sampled in four protected Atlantic Forest areas located in Serra do Mar, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. A total of 2,217 individuals of six species (Atlantoscia sp., Benthana werneri, Pseudodiploexochus tabularis, Pudeoniscus obscurus, Styloniscus spinosus and Trichorhina sp.) were captured in pitfall traps. The exotic species S. spinosus is recorded for the first time for the Americas. Another introduced species, P. tabularis, previously recorded only from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, had its geographic distribution extended to the state of São Paulo. The most abundant isopods in this study belong to an undescribed species of Atlantoscia.

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