Aleksejuniene J, Eriksen H M, Sidaravicius B, Haapasalo M
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2000 Jul;90(1):95-101. doi: 10.1067/moe.2000.107059.
The objectives of this investigation were to study determinants of apical periodontitis among Lithuanians who were 35 to 44 years old and to study possible associations between apical periodontitis, relevant general diseases, and perceived general health.
Information was collected from a randomly selected sample, consisting of 147 individuals from Vilnius, Lithuania. Aspects of oral and general health, health-related habits and attitudes, and social parameters were used as independent variables, with various aspects of apical periodontitis as the dependent variable. Associations were tested by regression analysis.
Apical periodontitis was highly prevalent in this Lithuanian population. Oral health-related variables showed the strongest association with apical periodontitis. Decayed and filled teeth scores were found to be strongly associated with periapical disease, and sound teeth were strongly associated with periapical health. In addition, behavioral variables were found to be important disease determinants.
Apical periodontitis appeared to be an oral health problem closely related to dental caries. No association could be detected between general diseases and apical periodontitis, but an association between perceived general health and apical periodontitis was demonstrated.
本调查的目的是研究35至44岁立陶宛人的根尖周炎决定因素，并研究根尖周炎、相关全身性疾病和感知到的总体健康之间的可能关联。
从立陶宛维尔纽斯随机抽取的147名个体组成的样本中收集信息。口腔和总体健康状况、与健康相关的习惯和态度以及社会参数作为自变量，根尖周炎的各个方面作为因变量。通过回归分析检验关联。
根尖周炎在该立陶宛人群中高度流行。与口腔健康相关的变量与根尖周炎的关联最强。发现龋齿和补牙分数与根尖周疾病密切相关，而完好牙齿与根尖周健康密切相关。此外，行为变量是重要的疾病决定因素。
根尖周炎似乎是与龋齿密切相关的口腔健康问题。未发现全身性疾病与根尖周炎之间存在关联，但证明了感知到的总体健康与根尖周炎之间存在关联。
