Abstract
BackgroundTooth wear has a multifactorial etiology, thus it should be assessed within a multiple-variable framework. The objective of this investigation was to assess the association of dietary habits and parental-reported sleep tooth grinding (STG) with tooth wear in children with mixed dentition.MethodsOne hundred twenty-one (N = 121) subjects (mean age 9.6 years) participated in a cross-sectional study. Wear of 1637 teeth was evaluated using the screening module of the Tooth Wear Evaluation System (TWES). Parental-report of STG was evaluated by means of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), whilst dietary habits were investigated by means of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Food-Frequency Questionnaire (HBSC-FFQ). Data were analyzed with the Spearman correlation test and ordinal-multiple-variable regression analyses. Odds Ratio (OR) and ordinal OR were obtained for the independent variables included in the models.ResultsParental-report of STG is not associated with tooth wear in the mixed dentition; some dietary habits were found to be correlated with specific tooth wear patterns, but the correlation values were weak. Associations were found between dietary habits and the increase-to-increase severity of occlusal/incisal and non-occlusal/non-incisal tooth wear of some teeth (OR > 2).ConclusionsA strong correlation of dietary habits and sleep tooth grinding with tooth wear in the mixed dentition was not demonstrated. However, dietary habits showed to have effects in terms of increase-to-increase severity.
Highlights
Tooth wear has a multifactorial etiology, it should be assessed within a multiple-variable framework
Based on the above premises, the aim of this investigation was to assess the association of dietary habits and parental-report of sleep tooth grinding (STG) with tooth wear in children with mixed dentition
Twelve (n = 12) of the 133 healthy children initially recruited for the study were excluded due to the presence of cavitated tooth caries, so that one hundred twenty-one subjects (53 girls and 68 boys; mean age 9.6 years, range 6-12) took part to the study
Summary
Tooth wear has a multifactorial etiology, it should be assessed within a multiple-variable framework The objective of this investigation was to assess the association of dietary habits and parental-reported sleep tooth grinding (STG) with tooth wear in children with mixed dentition. Due to its multifactorial etiology, tooth wear should be assessed within a multiple-variable framework [3], including an evaluation of possible provoking conditions, such as dietary habits, soft-drink intake [5], and oral habits like tooth grinding [6, 7]. Based on the above premises, the aim of this investigation was to assess the association of dietary habits and parental-report of STG with tooth wear in children with mixed dentition
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