THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND BRUXISM ON HUMAN MINIMUM INTERDENTAL THRESHOLD ABILITY

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of gender and bruxism on the ability to discriminate minimum interdental threshold. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and fifteen individuals, representing both genders, bruxers and non-bruxers, with a mean age of 23.64 years, were selected for this study. For gr...

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Autores principales: Calderon, Patrícia dos Santos, Kogawa, Evelyn Mikaela, Corpas, Lívia dos Santos, Lauris, José Roberto Pereira, Conti, Paulo César Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru da Universidade de São Paulo 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19466256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-77572009000300018
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of gender and bruxism on the ability to discriminate minimum interdental threshold. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and fifteen individuals, representing both genders, bruxers and non-bruxers, with a mean age of 23.64 years, were selected for this study. For group allocation, every individual was subjected to a specific physical examination to detect bruxism (performed by three different examiners). Evaluation of the ability to discriminate minimum interdental threshold was performed using industrialized 0.010 mm-, 0.024 mm-, 0.030 mm-, 0.050 mm-, 0.080 mm- and 0.094 mm-thick aluminum foils that were placed between upper and lower premolars. Data were analyzed statistically by multiple linear regression analysis at 5% significance level. RESULTS: Neither gender nor bruxism influenced the ability to discriminate minimum interdental threshold (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Gender and the presence of bruxism do not play a role in the minimum interdental threshold.

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