Epidemiological survey of dentine hypersensitivity of 630 adults in rural of Sichuan province / 华西口腔医学杂志
West China Journal of Stomatology
; (6): 157-160, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the prevalence and potential risk factors of dentine hypersensitivity of adults in rural of Sichuan province.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>All representative samples, including 630 adults living in rural of Sichuan Province, were selected by multi-stage, stratified and random sampling. The dentine hypersensitivity of all 630 cases was surveyed with questionnaire and oral clinical examination. SPSS 18.0 software was used for statistical analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>27.9% of all subjects were suffered from dentine hypersensitivity, sour was the most common stimulus of dentine hypersensitivity. The first premolar was the most common tooth with dentine hypersensitive, which occupied 27.4% of the total affected teeth. Female, acid regurgitation symptom, low frequency of toothbrush replacement (over 3 months), high tooth-brushing force and frequency of fresh fruits consumption (over 2 times per week) probably were high risk factors of dentine hypersensitivity.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The prevalence of dentine hypersensitivity occurs in rural of Sichuan province is high, thus for future the publicity and education on dentine hypersensitivity preventive should be strengthened.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Escovação Dentária
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Dente Pré-Molar
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Prevalência
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Fatores de Risco
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Dentina
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Sensibilidade da Dentina
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
West China Journal of Stomatology
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article