Selective removal of carious dentin: scientific evidence versus Clinical practice
International Journal of Development Research
Selective removal of carious dentin: scientific evidence versus Clinical practice
Received 03rd May, 2019; Received in revised form 21st June, 2019; Accepted 11th July, 2019; Published online 28th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Mariana do Rêgo Barros de Andrade Fraga et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
It is an integrative review, whose objective was to analyze the demand and use of health services by adolescents. The research was made with articles published from 2013 to 2018, in the English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, through the BVS and PubMed, using the descriptors: adolescent; access to health services; adolescent health services; patient acceptance of health care and health services. Twelve articles were included in the final sample. The percentage of demand and use of health services varied from 22% to 94%. Among the factors considered, the following variables were directly associated with the demand and use of services: female sex, high schooling of the parents, presenting psychosomatic complaints and some behaviors of health risk. Variables inversely associated: not being able to pay for consultation, race black and yellow and have already consulted with a specialist, incases of primary care services.Actions are needed to encourage adolescents belonging to all social groups to seek health care before the onset of disease symptoms.
