The frequency of dental abscesses increases in periods of low barometric pressure
| Autor: | Alexander Orlik, Otto Svabik, Johannes Forster, Rudolf Seemann, Arno Wutzl, Werner Millesi, Michael B. Fischer, Michael Figl, Kurt Schicho, Christos Perisanidis, Philip Jesch, Gerhard Undt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Multivariate statistics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Dentistry Environmental temperature Single site Periodontal Abscess medicine Humans Abscess Intraoral incision Retrospective Studies Atmospheric pressure business.industry Incidence Temperature Confounding Factors Epidemiologic medicine.disease Surgery Atmospheric Pressure Otorhinolaryngology Tooth Diseases Austria Female Oral Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 43:1843-1848 |
| ISSN: | 1010-5182 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcms.2015.07.024 |
| Popis: | Bioclimatic conditions are thought to have an impact on the frequency of dental abscesses but previous studies have suffered from small patient cohorts, methodological obstacles, and restriction to a single site resulting in limited geographic and meteorological variability. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of environmental temperature and barometric pressure on the frequency of dental abscesses. Three maxillofacial and two dental clinics in Vienna retrospectively provided a total of 19,218 patients with dentoalveolar abscesses who were treated by intraoral incision between 1998 and 2011. Daily records from six local meteorological stations were consulted to assess daily meteorological parameters. Univariate and multivariate hurdle count regression models were fitted to estimate the effect of daily average barometric pressure and temperature on registered abscess frequencies. Temporal confounders causing variance of the observed abscess frequencies - such as weekday, business day, and month - were taken into consideration. On days of low barometric pressure a significant rise in dental abscess frequency was observed, even when adjusting for confounders. Environmental temperature, in contrast, did not show any effect. In conclusion, bioclimatic conditions affect health as low barometric pressure increases the number of patients with dental abscesses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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