Saura-Moreno C, Cortés-Arcas M-V, Fernández-Meseguer A, Calvo-Bonacho E, Llodra-Calvo J-C
Avenida Constitución N 2 Entlo B, 30008 Murcia (Spain),
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2017 Sep 1;22(5):e527-e535. doi: 10.4317/medoral.21685.
The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of socio-demographic variables, toothbrushing frequency, frequency of snacking between meals, and tobacco and alcohol consumption, in root caries in the Spanish working population of Valencia and Murcia regions.
Cross sectional study of 458 workers 35-44 years of age, who underwent a routine work-related check-up, from June 2009 to April 2010, and were also examined, following the WHO methodology, by a calibrated dentist. Stratified random sampling. Participants fulfilled a questionnaire comprising demographic data, toothbrushing frequency, snacking frequency and tobacco and alcohol consumption.
The DFS index (root caries) in the employed population of 35-44 years was 0.45 ± 1.3, with a root caries prevalence of 18.6% and an active root caries prevalence of 13.5%. Higher root caries prevalence and active root caries prevalence were associated with male gender, manual occupations, foreign country of origin, lower levels of education and income, lower brushing frequency and higher frequency of snacking between meals. The DFS index was associated with all studied socio-demographic variables, but gender, and it was also associated with brushing frequency. The mean number of root decayed teeth was associated with all socio-demographic variables, but country of origin, and it was also associated with brushing frequency.
Adult workers 35-44 years of age showed worse root condition in regard to caries than general population of this age cohort. In this study, the frequency of toothbrushing and snacking between meals were the variables that influenced more in root caries.
本研究旨在分析社会人口统计学变量、刷牙频率、餐间吃零食频率以及烟草和酒精消费对西班牙巴伦西亚和穆尔西亚地区在职人群根龋的影响。
对458名年龄在35 - 44岁之间的工人进行横断面研究，这些工人在2009年6月至2010年4月期间接受了与工作相关的常规体检，并由一名经过校准的牙医按照世界卫生组织的方法进行检查。采用分层随机抽样。参与者填写了一份问卷，内容包括人口统计学数据、刷牙频率、吃零食频率以及烟草和酒精消费情况。
35 - 44岁在职人群的DFS指数（根龋）为0.45±1.3，根龋患病率为18.6%，活动性根龋患病率为13.5%。较高的根龋患病率和活动性根龋患病率与男性、体力劳动者、外国出生、教育程度和收入水平较低、刷牙频率较低以及餐间吃零食频率较高有关。DFS指数与除性别外所有研究的社会人口统计学变量相关，并且还与刷牙频率相关。根龋患牙的平均数量与除出生国家外所有社会人口统计学变量相关，并且也与刷牙频率相关。
35 - 44岁的成年工人在龋齿方面的牙根状况比该年龄组的普通人群更差。在本研究中，刷牙频率和餐间吃零食频率是对根龋影响更大的变量。
