Computing and Oral Health: Mobile Solution for Collecting, Data Analysis, Managing and Reproducing Epidemiological Research in Population Groups

Nilton Vale Cavalcante, Ary Henrique Oliveira, Bruno Vinícios Cunha de Sá, Glenda Botelho, Tiago Ricardo Moreira, Glauce Dias da Costa and Rosangela Minardi Mitre Cotta
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Nilton Vale Cavalcante: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, TO 77090-001, Brazil
Ary Henrique Oliveira: Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, TO 77090-001, Brazil
Bruno Vinícios Cunha de Sá: Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, TO 77090-001, Brazil
Glenda Botelho: Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, TO 77090-001, Brazil
Tiago Ricardo Moreira: Department of Medicine and Nursing, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil
Glauce Dias da Costa: Department of Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil
Rosangela Minardi Mitre Cotta: Department of Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: Epidemiological inquiries study and evaluate the health status of the population. For dental caries, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the DMFT and DMFS indexes, which represent the sum of the decayed, missing and filled teeth, divided by the population studied. Traditionally these surveys are conducted using cellulose paper sheet. This study describes the development and presents the field performance of NutriOdonto, a software created for an Oral Health Survey carried out in 2018 and 2019 involving 2578 students from the municipal schools of Palmas/TO, located in the Brazilian Amazon region. This is a descriptive, applied research on the development of a software for the collecting, analysis, management and reproducibility of oral health epidemiological research. A software applied to the collecting, analysis and formation of the database was developed through the information obtained from the questionnaires applied to the participants of the study and the completion of the electronic oral examination form. Recent Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are intelligently configured to create models and mobile applications (Apps) that can be useful to manage health issues, thus broadening the perspective of service provision in this sector. Some of these mobile devices, tablets and smartphones are being developed to generate information, for collection, recording, storage and analysis of oral health epidemiological research data. NutriOdonto contributed to the rapid collection, recording and storage of information, in the construction of the database and its analysis. Replacing paper forms with electronic forms minimized possible typos, reduced the use of cellulose paper and the financial costs, among other things. This software can contribute to decision making by managers and professionals and to improving the planning and implementation of actions in health promotion and oral disease prevention.

Keywords: epidemiological surveys; oral health; computer software; DMF index; computing applied to dentistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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