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Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of diet and behavioural risk factors on caries appearance, and on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Portuguese adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An epidemiological study conducted on 782 adolescents between 11-17 years, fro...

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Autores principales: Montero, Javier, Costa, José, Bica, Isabel, Barrios, Rocío
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721221
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.54469
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author Montero, Javier
Costa, José
Bica, Isabel
Barrios, Rocío
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Bica, Isabel
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of diet and behavioural risk factors on caries appearance, and on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Portuguese adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An epidemiological study conducted on 782 adolescents between 11-17 years, from randomly selected public schools of the 3rd cycle of basic education. All participants were asked for self-perceived general status health, about tooth-brushing habits and about the using of toothpaste with fluoride and a Food Frequency Questionnaire. The DMFT index (decayed, missing and filled teeth) was evaluated according to WHO criteria. To evaluate the OHRQoL, the 49-items Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP-49) was applied. RESULTS: Consumption more than once a week of tea with sugar, milk with sugar and biscuits were significantly associated with DMFT index. Lower levels in OHRQoL was reported by students who consumed frequently (more than once a week) fast food, chocolate flakes and those who brushed their teeth once a day or less frequently instead of 2-3 times a day. CONCLUSIONS: Frequency of consumption of sweetened/fast food was a significant factor associated with caries and quality of life. Key words:Oral health-related quality of life, adolescent, diet, DMFT, epidemiology.
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spelling pubmed-59238952018-05-02 Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors Montero, Javier Costa, José Bica, Isabel Barrios, Rocío J Clin Exp Dent Research BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of diet and behavioural risk factors on caries appearance, and on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Portuguese adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An epidemiological study conducted on 782 adolescents between 11-17 years, from randomly selected public schools of the 3rd cycle of basic education. All participants were asked for self-perceived general status health, about tooth-brushing habits and about the using of toothpaste with fluoride and a Food Frequency Questionnaire. The DMFT index (decayed, missing and filled teeth) was evaluated according to WHO criteria. To evaluate the OHRQoL, the 49-items Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP-49) was applied. RESULTS: Consumption more than once a week of tea with sugar, milk with sugar and biscuits were significantly associated with DMFT index. Lower levels in OHRQoL was reported by students who consumed frequently (more than once a week) fast food, chocolate flakes and those who brushed their teeth once a day or less frequently instead of 2-3 times a day. CONCLUSIONS: Frequency of consumption of sweetened/fast food was a significant factor associated with caries and quality of life. Key words:Oral health-related quality of life, adolescent, diet, DMFT, epidemiology. Medicina Oral S.L. 2018-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5923895/ /pubmed/29721221 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.54469 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Barrios, Rocío
Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title_full Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title_fullStr Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title_full_unstemmed Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title_short Caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: Impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
title_sort caries and quality of life in portuguese adolescents: impact of diet and behavioural risk factors
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721221
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.54469
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