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Risk factors for dental erosion in a group of 12‐ and16‐year‐old Brazilian schoolchildren
Author(s) -
GURGEL CARLA VECCHIONE,
RIOS DANIELA,
De OLIVEIRA THAÍS MARCHINI,
TESSAROLLI VANESSA,
CARVALHO FLÁVIA PATTO,
MACHADO MARIA APARECIDA de ANDRADE MOREIRA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-263x.2010.01090.x
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , odds ratio , environmental health , etiology , confidence interval , demography , multivariate analysis , dentistry , univariate , multivariate statistics , pathology , psychiatry , sociology , statistics , mathematics
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2011; 21: 50–57Background. Dental erosion is a multifactorial disease and is associated with dietary habits in infancy and adolescence. Aim. To investigate possible associations among dental erosion and diet, medical history and lifestyle habits in Brazilian schoolchildren. Design. The sample consisted of a random single centre cluster of 414 adolescents (12‐ and 16‐years old) of both genders from private and public schools in Bauru (Brazil). The O’Brien [Children’s Dental Health in the United Kingdom, 1993 (1994) HMSO, London] index was used for dental erosion assessment. Data on medical history, rate and frequency of food and drinks consumption, and lifestyle habits were collected by a self‐reported questionnaire. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to assess the univariate relationships between variables. Analysis of questionnaire items was performed by multiple logistic regression analysis. The statistical significance level was set at 5%. Results. The erosion present group comprised 83 subjects and the erosion absent group 331. There were no statistically significant correlations among dental erosion and the consumption of food and drinks, medical history, or lifestyle habits. Conclusion. The results indicate that there was no correlation between dental erosion and the risk factors analysed among adolescents in Bauru/Brazil and further investigations are necessary to clarify the multifactorial etiology of this condition.