• Bruna Del Vechio Koike, Rosangela Maria Pereira Valões, Claudia Cazal, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Fraga, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Meireane Firmino Pereira, Manoel Pereira Guimarães, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, and ArmstrongAnderson da CostaADC0000-0003-3161-8922PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina (PE), Brazil..
• PhD. Biomedical and Adjunct Professor, Medical Course, College of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina (PE), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2023 Jan 1; 142 (1): e2022355e2022355.

BackgroundThere is a lack of studies evaluating the oral health of traditional indigenous communities in Brazil.ObjectivesThus, the objective of this study was to describe the oral health characteristics of the indigenous Fulni-ô ethnic group in Northeast Brazil.Design And SettingA cross-sectional observational investigation was conducted within the Project on Atherosclerosis among Indigenous Populations.MethodsThis study included participants of both sexes from the Fulni-ô ethnic group. The participants included in this investigation underwent a comprehensive oral health evaluation by a registered and experienced dentist to assess oral health and identify potentially malignant oral lesions. Participants with suspicious lesions were referred for biopsy. Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney, and Student's t-tests were used, and measures of central tendency and dispersion were described. Statistical significance was 5%.ResultsA total of 104 individuals were included in this study. The prevalence of the use of tobacco derivatives was 94.0%, with similarities between sexes. The prevalence of oral changes in this study population was 84.4%. Fifty-one individuals who underwent oral reassessment were referred for oral lesion biopsy.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated a high prevalence of oral alterations in the Fulni-ô population. Histopathological analyses indicated the presence of mild oral epithelial dysplasia in five cases.

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