Association between Dental Erosion and Diet in Brazilian Adolescents Aged from 15 to 19: A Population-Based Study

Yêska Paola Costa Aguiar,Eline Freitas De Farias Moura,Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti,Fernanda Clotilde Mariz Da Costa,Fábio Gomes Dos Santos,Sheyla Marcia Auad,Saul Martins De Paiva

doi:10.1155/2014/818167

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Abstract

Dental erosion is a pathological condition resulting from the irreversible dissolution of the mineralized portion of the teeth, being recognized in modern society as an important cause of loss of tooth structure. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and its association with diet in Brazilian adolescents of Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. A population-based study was conducted on a stratified sample of 675 adolescents aged from 15 to 19 of both sexes using the index proposed by O'Sullivan. Dental examinations were performed by two calibrated dentists (kappa = 0.82). The significance level adopted was 5%. The prevalence of dental erosion was 21%, and the upper central incisors and lateral incisors were the most affected elements, with 50.5% and 40.2%, respectively. The buccal surface showed greater impairment (51.4%) and 67.8% of teeth with dental erosion had more than half of the surface of affected area. Most damage was on the enamel (93.5%). There were no statistically significant differences between the occurrence of dental erosion and gender, age, socioeconomic status, self-reported ethnicity, and diet. There was high prevalence of dental erosion in its early stages among adolescents and there were no significant differences in the frequency of the consumption of foods and beverages and the presence of dental erosion.

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Dental erosion is an irreversible pathological condition manifested by the substantial loss of hard dental tissue due to chemical dissolution caused by acids without bacterial involvement [1]
There were no significant differences in the frequency of the consumption of foods and beverages and the presence of dental erosion
Dental erosion is present in the adolescent population, regardless of gender, age, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity in its early stages

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Dental erosion is an irreversible pathological condition manifested by the substantial loss of hard dental tissue due to chemical dissolution caused by acids without bacterial involvement [1]. The etiology of dental erosion is varied, which can be idiopathic or caused by a known acid source [6], from the interaction of complex causes [7]. In this sense, it is observed that this disease has multifactorial background [8] in which individual factors and lifestyle have great relevance on its development [9, 10]. The involvement of children, adolescents, and adults has been attributed to changes in eating habits, with increased intake of processed products [13], which identifies diet as an important source of acids that contributes to the development of this disease [12,13,14]

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