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Salivary pH and oral health of Brazilian para‐athletes: Saliva and oral health of para‐athletes
Author(s) -
Brancher João Armando,
Morodome Fernanda,
Madalena Isabela Ribeiro,
Reis Caio Luiz Bittecourt,
Von Held Rodrigo,
Antunes Lívia Azeredo Alves,
Winckler Ciro,
Salgueirosa Fabiano,
Neto Zair Candido Oliveira,
Storrer Carmen Lucia Muller,
Küchler Erika Calvano,
Antunes Leonardo Santos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12589
Subject(s) - medicine , saliva , athletes , dentistry , body mass index , oral health , logistic regression , anamnesis , mouth breathing , physiology , breathing , physical therapy , anesthesia
Aims This study aimed to investigate the association of the salivary pH and parameters of oral health in Brazilian para‐athletes. Methods and results The sample was composed of 271 Brazilian para‐athletes (147 athletics, 61 powerlifting, and 63 swimming); mean age was 31.2 ± 11.7 years. Data collected during anamnesis, clinical examination, and saliva collection revealed that salivary pH was different among sports ( p = .01) and tends to decrease as age and body mass index (BMI) increase ( p = .026, .027, respectively). The mean decay missing filled teeth was 8.8 (±0.57), but there is no correlation with salivary pH ( R 2 = −0.0852; CI 95%, −0.215–0.047; p = .194) as habits of grinding, clenching teeth, or bruxism was not associated with salivary pH ( p = .317, .932, and .444, respectively). Regarding breathing, para‐athletes that have buccal breathing had significantly higher salivary pH ( p = .04). This data were confirmed by multiple logistic regression ( p = .05). Open bite, lip seal, geographic or fissured tongue also were not associated with variation of salivary pH ( p > .05). Conclusions This study provided evidence of an association between salivary pH with age, BMI, type of breathing, and type of sport practiced by the para‐athletes