Impact of oral health and body image in school bullying.
Daniele Veiga Siqueira AmorimIsadora Menezes Dos SantosLuanderson Lopes PereiraSimone Cristina Leal Tosta Dos SantosPatricia Suguri CristinoCarlos Eduardo Pena Messias de Figueiredo FilhoAndreia Leal FigueiredoPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2019)
A high prevalence of students affected by bullying was observed. It was possible to observe an association between bullying and dissatisfaction with oral health and body image. It is important to implement and evaluate public policies on oral health, expanding access to and improving these public services offered to the population.