A survey of oral health status, subjective oral symptoms and oral health behaviors among first-year dental students at a Japanese university

Suzuki, Hitomi; Sugimoto, Kumiko; Kubota-Miyazawa, Ayako; Noritake, Kanako; Umemori, Sachi; Araki, Kouji; Adachi, Naoko; Otsuka, Hiromi; Yoshida, Naomi

doi:10.2334/josnusd.21-0420

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“…Similarly, the univariate analysis revealed that the tooth brushing was signi cantly more among NQC than QC. Although it is a foregone conclusion that good oral heath practices are protective against dental caries [30,31], the multivariate analysis didn't support this in our study. Taken together con rms, at least theoretically, that qat chewing negatively nulli es the positive effects of these factors.…”

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Dental Caries experience among qat chewers in Jazan population, Saudi Arabia

Halboub

Alqahtani

Alamri

et al. 2022

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Aims There is a considerable debate on the impact of qat chewing on dental and oral health. Thereby, this study aimed at assessing the dental caries among qat chewers (QC) in comparison to non-qat chewers (NQC) in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia Materials and Methods A sample of 100 QCs and 100 NQCs were recruited amongst those attended dental clinics, college of dentistry, Jazan University during the 2018–2019 academic year. Their dental health was assessed by three precalibrated male interns using DMFT index. The Care Index (CI), Restorative Index (RI) and Treatment Index (TR) were calculated. Comparisons between both subgroups were done using independent t-test. Multiple linear regression analyses were further conducted to stand on the independent determinants of the oral health among this population. Results QCs were unintentionally older (36.55 ± 8.74 years) than NQCs (32.96 ± 8.49 years; P = 0.004). Fifty-six percent of QCs reported brushing their teeth compared to only 35% (P = 0.001). More QCs were of higher educational levels compared to NQC. The mean Decayed [5.91 (5.16)] and DMFT [9.15 (5.87)] were higher compared to NQC [3.73 (3.62) and 6.7 (4.58); P = 0.001 and 0.001, respectively]. The other indices were not different between both subgroups. The multiple linear regression revealed that qat chewing and age, individually or together, as independent determinants for the dental decay, missing, DMFT and TI. Conclusion Qat chewing habit has a detrimental impact on dental health. It is associated with higher dental caries and missing teeth, and a lower treatment index.

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Dental Caries experience among qat chewers in Jazan population, Saudi Arabia

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Alqahtani

Alamri

et al. 2022

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“…Similarly, the univariate analysis revealed that the tooth brushing was significantly more among NQC than QC. Although it is a foregone conclusion that good oral heath practices are protective against dental caries [ 31 , 32 ], the multivariate analysis didn’t support this in our study. Taken together confirms, at least theoretically, that qat chewing negatively nullifies the positive effects of these factors.…”

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Dental caries experience among qat chewers in dental college clinics, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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Aims There is a considerable debate on the impact of qat chewing on dental and oral health. Thereby, this study aimed at assessing the dental caries among qat chewers (QC) and non-qat chewers (NQC) who attend outpatient dental clinics, College of Dentistry, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Materials and methods A sample of 100 QC and 100 NQC were recruited amongst those attended dental clinics, college of dentistry, Jazan University during the 2018–2019 academic year. Their dental health was assessed by three pre-calibrated male interns using DMFT index. The Care Index, Restorative Index and Treatment Index were calculated. Comparisons between both subgroups were done using independent t test. Multiple linear regression analyses were further conducted to stand on the independent determinants of the oral health among this population. Results QC were unintentionally older (36.55 ± 8.74 years) than NQC (32.96 ± 8.49 years; P = 0.004). Fifty-six percent of QC reported brushing their teeth compared to only 35% (P = 0.001). NQC with university and postgraduate educational levels were more than QC. The mean Decayed [5.91 (5.16)] and DMFT [9.15 (5.87)] were higher among QC compared to NQC [3.73 (3.62) and 6.7 (4.58); P = 0.001 and 0.001, respectively]. The other indices were not different between both subgroups. The multiple linear regression revealed that qat chewing and age, individually or together, as independent determinants for the dental decay, missing, DMFT and TI. Conclusion Qat chewing habit has a detrimental impact on dental health. It is associated with higher dental caries and missing teeth, and a lower treatment index.

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“…2 Other studies investigating xerostomia among dentistry students also found that majority of their student have some form of xerostomia. 4,6 We also observed that medical and dentistry students have similar pattern of depression and anxiety where the severe symptoms only reported by the smallest percentage of students. Knipe et al also compared among medical and dentistry students but found that dentistry students have higher depression and anxiety risk.…”

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“…5,6 Xerostomia has been known to poses some risks to gingivitis in young adults. 4,7,8 This study was conducted to investigate whether symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress correlates with symptoms of xerostomia among young adults attending medical and dentistry school.…”

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Correlation of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms with xerostomia symptoms among medical and dentistry students in pre-clinical and clinical phase

Malinta

Yustika

Samad

2022

J Dentomaxillofac Sci

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Objective: to observe whether symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress correlates with symptoms of xerostomia among medical and dentistry students. Material and Methods: this was a cross-sectional study involving 772 medical and dentistry students in pre-clinical and clinical phase of Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia in January 2022. Chi-square test and Spearman correlation analysis were performed on the data that were obtained online via Google Form. DASS 21 questionnaire was used to identify symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. Fox’ questionnaire was used to identify symptoms of xerostomia. Results: There were mild but significant correlations between occurrence of depression (r=0.100; p=0.006), anxiety (r=0.118; p=0.001), and stress (r=0.096; p=0.008) symptoms with symptoms of xerostomia among medical and dentistry students. Xerostomia symptoms was significantly higher (p<0.05) among dentistry students compared with medical students in both pre-clinical (64.9% vs 44.8%) and clinical (40.4% vs 27.7%) phase. In both pre-clinical and clinical phase, occurrence of depression and anxiety symptoms among medical students were not significantly different from dentistry students (p<0.05). Moderate to severe stress tend to occur more among dentistry students (p<0.05). Conclusion: Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress correlates with symptoms of xerostomia among medical and dentistry students.

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A survey of oral health status, subjective oral symptoms and oral health behaviors among first-year dental students at a Japanese university

Cited by 6 publications

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Dental Caries experience among qat chewers in Jazan population, Saudi Arabia

Dental Caries experience among qat chewers in Jazan population, Saudi Arabia

Dental caries experience among qat chewers in dental college clinics, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Correlation of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms with xerostomia symptoms among medical and dentistry students in pre-clinical and clinical phase

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