Association of Dental Caries, Retained Roots, and Missing Teeth with Physical Status, Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Women of the Reproductive Age

Autor: Ghufran Shahin, Osama Abu-Hammad, Walaa Alhazmi, Sawsan Fadhlalmawla, Sarah Taher, Hamzah Babkair, Sary Borzangy, Lamis Farghal, Najla Dar-Odeh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 14, p 2565 (2019)
Volume 16
Issue 14
ISSN: 1660-4601
1661-7827
Popis: Objectives: To investigate in women of reproductive age a possible association between particular dental diseases&mdash
dental caries, retained roots, and missing teeth&mdash
with some systemic conditions&mdash
physical status score- ASA (American Society for Anesthesiologists), diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. Methods: Dental and medical history were retrieved from the electronic files of dental patients. Statistical analysis was performed using cross tabulation with the Chi-square test to explore the significance of an association between variables pertaining to dental diseases and the investigated systemic conditions. Logistic regression was further used to explore the significance of the above dental diseases as predictors for systemic conditions. Results: A total of 1768 female patients in the age range 18&ndash
55 were included, with a mean age of 31.2 ±
10.13 years. A total of 228 (12.9%) patients had a chronic systemic disease within the ASA II category, 66 (3.7%) were diabetic, and 76 (4.3%) were hypertensive. Missing teeth were significantly associated with the ASA II category, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension (p <
0.001, p = 0.009, p = 0.005 respectively), while retained roots were significantly associated with the ASA II category only (p = 0.023). Logistic regression showed a low predictive capacity of models describing the three systemic conditions. Conclusions: Diabetes mellitus and hypertension were the most common systemic diseases among the study sample. While carious teeth had no significant association with the investigated systemic conditions, retained roots were significantly associated with the ASA II category only, and missing teeth were significantly associated with all investigated systemic conditions. However, oral diseases expressed a low predictive power of these systemic conditions.
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