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{"title":"Effect of Active Oxygen Fluid (Blue®m) as a Root Canal Irrigant Against Enterococcus Faecalis.","authors":"Reem Barakat, Rahaf Almohareb, Arwa Alshahri, Nardeen Khawaji, Sarah Almufrij, Dhuha Alsuwaid, Fatma Alshehri","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5740308","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5740308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the antimicrobial effect of a new active oxygen fluid (Blue®m) as a root canal irrigant against Enterococcus faecalis compared to sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Forty-five extracted single-canaled human teeth were selected, received root canal preparation, autoclaved, and contaminated with Enterococcus faecalis. The specimens were randomly allocated into three groups: Group (A) served as the negative control, receiving irrigation with saline (n &#61; 15); Group (B) was irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl (n &#61; 15); and Group (C) was irrigated with 10 mL of Blue®m (n &#61; 15). Microbial sampling from the root canals was performed before and after irrigation. The difference between the pre-irrigation and post-irrigation colony-forming units (CFU/mL) was calculated. The data was analysed using a one-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc Tukey tests. The significance level was set at 5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Blue®m statistically significantly reduced the bacterial load compared to saline (p &#61; 0.009), but NaOCl was most effective, outperforming both (p 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Irrigation with Blue®m demonstrated antibacterial efficacy against Enterococcus faecalis, but it was not as effective as NaOCl.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"453-458"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Mechanisms and Application Value of Postbiotics in Caries Prevention and Management.","authors":"Xinchun Jiang, Mingkai Lin, Ping Xiao, Zhiyan Zhou, Yanli Zhang, Wenjuan Yan","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5740317","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5740317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dental caries, one of the most prevalent diseases globally, affects individuals throughout their lifetimes. Recently, researchers have increasingly focused on postbiotics for caries prevention. Postbiotics, comprising inanimate microorganisms and/or their components, confer health benefits to the host. Growing evidence suggests postbiotics' potential anticaries effects. Specifically, numerous postbiotics have demonstrated the ability to inhibit dental caries onset and progression by modulating oral flora microecology and reducing human caries susceptibility. This review elaborates on the current research regarding postbiotics' anticaries effects, highlights some studies' shortcomings, and innovatively proposes that postbiotics could potentially influence tooth development and salivary characteristics through epigenetic modifications. Furthermore, it anticipates postbiotics' future application in personalised caries treatment, given their multifaceted anticaries potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"465-478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619881/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Oral Mucosal Human Papillomavirus and Epstein-Bar Virus Rates in Patients with Dry Mouth and/or Sjögren's Syndrome in a Hungarian Cohort.","authors":"Csilla Erdei, Ágnes Heizer, Károly Mensch, Krisztina Szarka, Emese Virág Kiss, Krisztina Márton","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5718350","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5718350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To find an association between oral mucosal human papilloma- and/or Epstein-Barr (HPV, EBV) virus infection in patients with dry mouth and/or Sjögren's syndrome (SS) compared to healthy controls and to find connections with salivary gland histopathological alterations.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Ninety-two participants were divided into four groups: 1. healthy controls (n &#61; 32); 2. xerostomia (n &#61; 28); 3. hyposalivation (n &#61; 22); and 4. SS groups (n &#61; 10). To detect virus infection brush biopsy was outlined in all groups. Detections of virus-specific sequences were achieved with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Lip biopsy and histopathological assessment was performed in groups 2, 3 and 4.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>HPV positivity of oral mucosal cells was shown in group 1: 1 (3.12%); group 2: 3 (10.7%); group 3: 2 (8.26%); and in group 4: 0 of the samples. EBV was present in group 1: 14 (43.7%); group 2: 17 (60.7%); group 3: 6 (27.3%); and in group 4: 5 (50%) of the cases. There was no statistically significant difference between the attributes. Intact salivary gland in 28.2%, chronic sialadenitis in 28.2%, stromal fibrosis in 6.5%, lipomatous atrophy in 8.6%, fibrous atrophy in 6.5% and positive focus score (SS) in 26.1% were found in the subjects. Neither HPV nor EBV infection caused statistically significantly more histological abnormalities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Orofacial mucosal HPV and/or EBV DNA rates did not differ statistically significantly in patients with xerostomia or hyposalivation or SS compared to healthy controls, therefore, it cannot prove the provocative role of these viruses in dry mouth and/or SS. Neither dry mouth nor SS were accompanied by statistically significantly more salivary gland alterations in HPV- and/or EBV-positive subjects; these alterations are frequent in the virus-negative cases too.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"443-452"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142110449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Vital Pulp Therapy in Teeth with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Arwa S Bafail","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5718325","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5718325","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Nonsurgical root canal therapy (NSRCT) is indicated for management of permanent teeth diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. However, recent research has suggested that vital pulp therapy (VPT) may be a less invasive option in these cases. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the outcomes of VPT, using hydraulic calcium silicate cements (HCSCs) including complete and partial pulpotomies in permanent posterior teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The PRISMA recommendations were adhered to. The search approach used electronic databases from PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and grey literature. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, ROBINS-I, and Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias tools were used to evaluate the quality of the selected studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The initial database search turned up 142 papers, of which 3 prospective cohort studies and 9 randomised controlled trials were selected for analysis. For three, seven, and two articles, the risk of bias was rated as 'high' or 'serious,' 'fair,' and 'low,' respectively. The success rates for VPT using HCSCs typically ranged from 78% to 90% one to five years following VPT. The results of the VPT and NSRCT were equivalent at one and five years, according to two articles. Although the intra-operative pulp assessment is essential for VPT treatments, most studies did not provide a thorough account of this process or the time required to achieve haemostasis. Three studies reported sample sizes that were 23 teeth. The 12 studies that were analysed revealed successful VPT procedures using HCSCs in permanent posterior teeth that had symptomatic irreversible pulpitis, with radiographic success rates ranging from 81% to 90%. Two articles claimed that the results of VPT and root canal therapy were equivalent.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When considering VPT as an alternative to NSRCT, appropriate case selection and outcome criteria must be created. This data highlights the need for additional studies contrasting the longer-term effects of different treatment regimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"433-442"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619845/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142110450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Apelin - A New Kid on the Block in Periodontology.","authors":"Pablo Cores Ziskoven, Andressa V B Nogueira, Onur Yoldaş, Nurcan Buduneli, Philipp S Wild, Thomas Koeck, James Deschner","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5695264","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5695264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Periodontitis is associated with numerous systemic diseases, and it has been shown that these associations are partly causal in nature. It is assumed that such interactions between periodontal and systemic diseases are also medi- ated via adipokines. Apelin, an adipokine about which there is little research in the dental field, is also produced together with its receptor in periodontal cells. The aim of this review was to summarize the currently available literature on the apelin-APJ system to better understand the pathomechanistic relationship between periodontitis and obesity and to de- termine the potential clinical relevance of apelin for diagnostics and therapy. In vitro studies suggest that apelin can en- hance bacterial-induced synthesis of proinflammatory and proteolytic molecules, indicating a significant etiopathogenic role of this adipokine. Since serum levels of apelin are elevated in diabetes and/or obesity, it is possible that such sys- temic diseases promote the development and progression of periodontitis via apelin. On the other hand, it is also conceivable that apelin from the periodontium influences such systemic diseases. Further research is needed to better understand the role of apelin in the periodontium and the entire oral cavity, but also in the interactions between periodontal and sys- temic diseases. In particular, clinical intervention studies are needed to further decipher the etiopathogenic role of apelin in periodontitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"417-424"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142073505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship of Aesthetic Dentistry Practices with Depression and Social Appearance Anxiety in Young Women.","authors":"Fikri Öcal, Yasemin Demirtaş Öcal","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5714346","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5714346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between depression and social appearance anxiety in young female patients who applied for aesthetic dental treatment.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>The study was conducted in a single centre and included 56 female patients aged 18-35 years. The mean age of the participants was 22.27 ± 5.62 years. Participants were informed before treatment, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were administered. Immediately after the treatment and 1 month later, the SAAS and VAS were administered again. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used for the comparison of the data obtained and the Friedman test was used for temporal comparison. Multiple comparisons were made with Dunn's test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After aesthetic dental treatment, all participants' satisfaction with the appearance of their teeth increased, and social appearance anxiety decreased (p 0.001). The group with the lowest pretreatment satisfaction level was the group with moderate/high-level depressive symptoms. There was no correlation between the severity of depression and the increase in satisfaction after treatment (r &#61; 0.247; p &#61; 0.066). Satisfaction levels were similar in all depression groups after treatment. The group with the highest level of social appearance anxiety before and after treatment was the group with moderate/high-severity depressive symptoms. A moderate positive correlation was found between depression severity and social appearance anxiety (r &#61; 0.4; p &#61; 0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The severity of depressive symptoms seen before treatment does not affect the level of satisfaction after treatment. There is a decrease in social appearance anxiety after aesthetic dental treatment. There is a positive relationship between social appearance anxiety and depression severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"425-432"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142073506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creation of a Systematic Interdental Brush Set Based on the Passage Hole Diameter (PHD) - An In-Vitro Study.","authors":"Caroline Sekundo, Friederike Ottensmeier, Stefan Rues, Hans Jörg Staehle, Manuel Pujades, Cornelia Frese","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5683229","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5683229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to develop a systematic interdental brush set with size distribution based on the passage hole diameter (PHD), addressing existing gaps in size selection criteria for effective interdental cleaning.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In the first step, an interdental brush set that ascends stepwise according to the PHD value was envisioned. The study was divided into three phases: (i) in-vitro determination of PHD values of a currently existing assortment on the market by 13 calibrated dental professionals, (ii) in-vitro assessment of forces during insertion, and (iii) creation and evaluation of new prototypes for missing or non-matching PHD sizes. Intra- and inter-rater reliability, assessed with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), as well as insertion forces and PHD sizes at all stages were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the existing range, three interdental brushes fitting the desired PHD sizes were initially identified. Mean insertion forces between 0.3 and 1.7 N were documented based on raters' PHD choices. Two additional rounds of measurements with prototypes adapted in diameter and shape were necessary, particularly for PHD values of 1.4, 2.3 and 2.6. High intra- and inter-rater reliability was observed throughout the study (ICC > 0.95), ensuring consistent evaluations. After three rounds of assessments, a prototype was successfully identified for each targeted PHD value in the systematised set, showcasing reliable sizing and insertion forces.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Using a structured approach, a comprehensive interdental brush set was developed with reliable PHD sizing and moderate insertion forces. The verification of size reliability through measurements by dentists represents a novelty in development and underlines the importance of accurate brush size selection for optimal biofilm control. Whether a systematic set based on the PHD value offers added value for clinical practice, and at what intervals, must be demonstrated in further studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"409-416"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619862/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141988520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of Dental Care and Oral Health Outcomes in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2017-2020).","authors":"Hannah R Archer, Nicky Huan Li, Erinne Kennedy, Muath A Aldosari","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5680746","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5680746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This analysis aims to evaluate the association between the time since and reason for a patient's last dental appointment across clinical oral health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We used data from the 2017-2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a cross-sectional, nationally-representative survey of noninstitutionalized US adults. The predictors were the time since and the reason for the last dental appointment (routine vs. urgent). We examined the presence and number of missing teeth and teeth with untreated coronal and root caries. Multivariable regression models with interaction were used to assess the association between the time since the last dental appointment and clinical oral health outcomes among routine and urgent users separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two-thirds of the US population had a dental appointment within a year, while nearly 44 million individuals did not visit a dentist for the last three years. The odds of having teeth with untreated coronal or root caries increased with the length of time since the last appointment, and urgent users had worse dental outcomes compared to routine users. Compared to those who had a dental appointment within a year, individuals who had their last dental appointment more than 3 years ago had 2.94 times the average number of teeth with untreated caries among routine users (95%CI=2.39, 3.62) and 1.60 times the average among urgent users (95%CI=1.05, 2.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Recent, routine dental appointments are associated with improved oral health outcomes. The outcomes reiterate how social determinants of health impact access to oral health care and oral health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"399-408"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619884/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141971599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diagnostic Value of lncRNA XIST in Saliva for Early Peri-Implantitis.","authors":"Mei Chai, Jinzhong Zhang, Qianjiao Meng, Andong Liu","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5656312","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5656312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To analyse the relative expression and diagnostic potential of lncRNA XIST (XIST) in peri-implantitis, and explore the related mechanism of XIST in peri-implantitis.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>XIST expression in saliva of patients with peri-implantitis was detected by qRT-PCR. The diagnostic significance of XIST in peri-implantitis was assessed by ROC curve. Clinical indicators of the included patients were collected and the correlation between XIST levels and peri-implant indicators was determined by Pearson correlation analysis. Bioinformatic prediction and luciferase reporter assay confirmed the targeting relationship of XIST with downstream factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Salivary XIST levels were obviously higher in patients with peri-implantitis than in the healthy control group, and the AUC value for identifying patients was 0.8742 with a sensitivity and specificity of 83.5% and 81.4%. Patients in the peri-implantitis group had higher levels of plaque index (PLI), sulcus bleeding index (SBI) and probing depth (PD) than those in the healthy control group, and the expression of XIST was positively correlated with PLI, SBI, and PD levels. In addition, miR-150-5p was confirmed to be a potential downstream target of XIST.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>XIST was overexpressed in the saliva of patients with peri-implantitis and correlated with the severity of the disease. XIST has high diagnostic significance for detecting peri-implantitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"381-388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619896/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of Dental Abnormalities, Soft Tissue Pathologies and Occlusion Disorders in Patients with High BMI: A Cross-sectional Study.","authors":"Amal Adnan Ashour, Ali Abdullah Alqarni","doi":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5656148","DOIUrl":"10.3290/j.ohpd.b5656148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and oral disorders remains unclear. This study examined the prevalence and types of dental abnormalities and oral mucosal lesions among female students with obesity attending a Taif University sports centre.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This non-interventional cross-sectional study enrolled female students with high BMI from a university sports facility using a convivence sampling method. The participants were divided into three BMI groups. Data were collected using an interview and by clinical oral examination. Prevalence and oral disorder types and possible mechanisms linking BMI and dental development were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ultimately, 86 female students with obesity were analysed. The mean BMI was 42.8 kg/m2, indicating high obesity levels. A weak although statistically significant correlation was observed between age and BMI (r=0.27), indicating that older students had higher BMI. A statistically significant association was observed between BMI and dental abnormalities (p0.05). The dental abnormality prevalence increased with BMI, ranging from 37.5% to 40.7% in the ≤40 and >45 kg/m2 groups, respectively. Most participants (66.3%) had oral mucosal lesions, with the highest prevalence among participants in the 40-45 kg/m2 group (71.4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A statistically significant relationship was observed between BMI and dental abnormalities; obesity may negatively affect oral health.</p>","PeriodicalId":19696,"journal":{"name":"Oral health & preventive dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"373-380"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619908/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}