Oral health of an indigenous population in northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional Study of the Fulni-ô ethnic group.

Bruna Del Vechio Koike Rosangela Maria Pereira Valões Claudia Cazal Lira Vanessa Cardoso Pereira Carlos Alberto DE Carvalho Fraga Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo Meireane Firmino Pereira Manoel Pereira Guimarães Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza Anderson da Costa Armstrong

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2023)

This 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.

Keyphrases

oral health
physical activity
risk factors