Abstract
BackgroundProlonged static postures (PSPs) may predispose dentists to develop cervical herniated intervertebral disc (C-HIVD); however, there is limited evidence supporting this in the literature thus far. We conducted this study to fit the data gap.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective nationwide population-based study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to identify 10,930 dentists, an identical number of age- and sex-matched participants from the general population, and 73,718 other health care providers (HCPs, non-dentists). Comparisons for the risk of developing C-HIVD between dentists and the general population, and between dentists and other HCPs were performed by tracing their medical histories between 2007 and 2011.ResultsDentists had a cumulative incidence rate of 1.1% for C-HIVD during the 5-year follow-up period. Overall, there was no difference of the risk for C-HIVD between dentists and the general population after adjusting for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver disease, mental disorders, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, malignancy, stroke, and renal disease (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.9–1.6). However, stratified analysis showed that younger dentists (≤ 34 years) had a trend of higher risk for C-HIVD than members of the younger general population (AOR: 1.9, 95% CI: 0.9–4.1). There was no difference found between dentists and other HCPs (AOR: 0.9, 95% CI: 0.8–1.1).ConclusionYounger dentists had a trend of higher risk of developing C-HIVD than members of the general population.
Highlights
Prolonged static postures (PSPs) may predispose dentists to develop cervical herniated intervertebral disc (C-HIVD); there is limited evidence supporting this in the literature far
We conducted this study intending to clarify whether the risk for C-HIVD is higher in the dentists comparing to the general population and other health care providers (HCPs)
After excluding participants with C-HIVD before 2007 and missing data, 10,930 dentists, 10,930 participants from the general population, and 73,718 other HCPs were recruited for this study (Table 1)
Summary
Prolonged static postures (PSPs) may predispose dentists to develop cervical herniated intervertebral disc (C-HIVD); there is limited evidence supporting this in the literature far. Prolonged static postures (PSPs) are often unavoidable in daily dental operations [4, 6]. A. Huang et al BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2019) 20:189 previous study reported that orthopedists had a trend of higher risk for C-HIVD than other physician specialists [3]. There were many studies reported that neck pain were very common and troublesome for their careers in the dentists [6,7,8]. We conducted this study intending to clarify whether the risk for C-HIVD is higher in the dentists comparing to the general population and other health care providers (HCPs)
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