Moca Abel Emanuel, Vaida Luminița Ligia, Negruțiu Bianca Maria, Moca Rahela Tabita, Todor Bianca Ioana
Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 Universității Street, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Clinical Emergency County Hospital Oradea, 37 Republicii Street, 410167 Oradea, Romania.
J Clin Med. 2021 Apr 15;10(8):1702. doi: 10.3390/jcm10081702.
Dental caries is a chronic disease that can be influenced by a multitude of factors. Poor oral hygiene and unhealthy eating habits are the most incriminating factors in the onset of dental caries, but age has been proven to impact the disease. The aim of this study was to find correlations between age and the evolution of dental caries in the first permanent molars in children. The retrospective study was conducted based on 400 panoramic radiographs, belonging to Romanian children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. All first permanent molars were investigated, and the carious lesions were classified according to their depth. The chronological age was calculated by subtracting the patient's date of birth from the date when the radiograph was performed, while for the assessment of dental age, the Demirjian method was used. The gender of the patients did not significantly influence the number of superficial, medium, and deep carious lesions. Most of the identified carious lesions were superficial. Regarding correlations between age and dental caries, there was an association between the decrease in the chronological age and the increase in the number of superficial carious lesions on the first permanent molars and also an association between the increase in the chronological age or dental age and the increase in the number of medium and deep carious lesions on the first permanent molars. Age can impact the development of dental caries in first permanent molars.
龋齿是一种慢性疾病，会受到多种因素的影响。口腔卫生不良和不健康的饮食习惯是龋齿发病最主要的因素，但年龄已被证明会对该疾病产生影响。本研究的目的是找出儿童第一恒磨牙的年龄与龋齿发展之间的相关性。该回顾性研究基于400张全景X光片进行，这些X光片来自年龄在6至14岁之间的罗马尼亚儿童。对所有第一恒磨牙进行了检查，并根据龋损深度对龋病病变进行了分类。实足年龄通过用拍摄X光片的日期减去患者的出生日期来计算，而对于牙龄的评估，则使用了德米尔坚方法。患者的性别对浅龋、中龋和深龋病变的数量没有显著影响。所发现的大多数龋病病变为浅龋。关于年龄与龋齿之间的相关性，实足年龄的降低与第一恒磨牙浅龋病变数量的增加之间存在关联，实足年龄或牙龄的增加与第一恒磨牙中龋和深龋病变数量的增加之间也存在关联。年龄会影响第一恒磨牙龋齿的发展。
