Rafeek R N, Marchan S, Eder A, Smith W A J
School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mount Hope, Trinidad & Tobago.
Int Dent J. 2006 Aug;56(4):181-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2006.tb00092.x.
To determine the prevalence of tooth surface loss (TSL) in a sample of subjects attending a university dental clinic in Trinidad and to investigate the relationship to tooth brushing, medical history, parafunction and dietary habits.
Tooth surface loss was measured clinically by the index used in the 1998 UK, Adult Dental Health Survey.
Trinidad, West Indies.
Convenience sample of adult subjects attending The University of the West Indies Dental School Polyclinic, Mount Hope.
A questionnaire was administered and tooth surface loss measured clinically.
mild, moderate and severe tooth surface loss.
155 subjects were examined (mean age 40.6 years) of whom 72% had some degree of TSL with the majority (52%), exhibiting mild, 16% with moderate and 4% with severe TSL. There were associations found between TSL and age (OR=3.14), reflux (OR=1.37), parafunction (OR=1.06), weekly consumption of citrus fruits (OR=1.31) and soft drinks (OR=1.78), daily consumption of alcohol (OR=1.40) and a vegetarian diet (OR=2.79).
Tooth surface loss in this Trinidadian population group appears to be common. Data supports an association between TSL and age, reflux parafunction and certain dietary patterns.
确定特立尼达一所大学牙科诊所就诊人群样本中牙齿表面丧失（TSL）的患病率，并调查其与刷牙、病史、功能异常及饮食习惯的关系。
采用1998年英国成人牙科健康调查中使用的指数对牙齿表面丧失进行临床测量。
西印度群岛的特立尼达。
来自西印度大学牙科学院门诊部（位于霍普山）的成年受试者便利样本。
发放问卷并对牙齿表面丧失进行临床测量。
轻度、中度和重度牙齿表面丧失。
共检查了155名受试者（平均年龄40.6岁），其中72%有一定程度的TSL，大多数（52%）为轻度，16%为中度，4%为重度TSL。发现TSL与年龄（比值比=3.14）、反酸（比值比=1.37）、功能异常（比值比=1.06）、每周食用柑橘类水果（比值比=1.31）和软饮料（比值比=1.78）、每日饮酒（比值比=1.40）以及素食（比值比=2.79）之间存在关联。
在这个特立尼达人群组中，牙齿表面丧失似乎很常见。数据支持TSL与年龄、反酸、功能异常及某些饮食模式之间存在关联。
