Kitamura Takumi, Shimazaki Yoshihiro, Hashimoto Hiroko, Ito Manabu, Fukumori Tetsuya, Inamoto Yoshinori, Okuno Yutaka, Maruyama Akemi
Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, 1-100 Kusumoto-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8650, Japan.
Mie Dental Association, Tsu, 514-0003, Japan.
BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 30;25(1):670. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06039-6.
This study implemented a workplace dental-health program to encourage those at risk of diabetes to visit a dentist, and examined factors associated with changes in glycemic control.
The participants included 342 people aged 40-64 years old with an A1c value of 5.6% or higher, and those with diabetes, prediabetes, or needing to exercise caution with regard to diabetes. Participants underwent a dental checkup at a dental clinic in 2018, after which their diabetes status was followed for 3 years. Multivariate multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the effect of each independent variable on the 3-year change in the A1c value (decrease, stable, or increase).
Having a greater number of teeth was associated with a significantly lower OR for an increased A1c value (decrease ≥ 0.3%) (OR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.79-0.97). Visiting a dentist regularly was associated with a significantly higher OR for a decreased A1c value (increase ≥ 0.3%) (OR, 4.20; 95% CI, 1.45-12.2).
Among working adults, those who visited a dentist regularly had better A1c values, and those with a greater number of teeth were less likely to experience worsening of A1c values.
本研究实施了一项职场口腔健康计划,以鼓励有糖尿病风险的人去看牙医,并研究与血糖控制变化相关的因素。
参与者包括342名年龄在40 - 64岁、糖化血红蛋白(A1c)值为5.6%或更高的人,以及患有糖尿病、糖尿病前期或需要对糖尿病保持谨慎的人。参与者于2018年在一家牙科诊所进行了口腔检查,之后对他们的糖尿病状况进行了3年的跟踪。进行多变量多项逻辑回归分析,以计算每个自变量对A1c值3年变化(降低、稳定或升高)的影响的比值比(OR)和95%置信区间(CI)。
牙齿数量较多与A1c值升高(降低≥0.3%)的OR显著降低相关(OR,0.88;95% CI,0.79 - 0.97)。定期看牙医与A1c值降低(升高≥0.3%)的OR显著升高相关(OR,4.20;95% CI,1.45 - 12.2)。
在职成年人中,定期看牙医的人A1c值更好,牙齿数量较多的人A1c值恶化的可能性较小。