Applications of Factorial Analysis in the Study of Risk Factors and their Chemical Influence for Erosive Dental Wea

Abstract

Dental wear is an irreversible loss of dental hard tissues under the action of physical and chemical factors that may come from the external or internal environment of the body. Dental wear is the consequence of three mechanisms: biocorrosion, friction and stress. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of risk factors on the severity of erosive dental wear in children using factorial analysis. In this context, we used data from a statistical survey conducted between 2017-2018 on 456 rural and urban children aged 6 to 11 years, where dental wear was analyzed according to a series of diet-related factors, oral hygiene and behavioral patterns (bruxism). The major impact was caused by energy drinks, yoghurt and carbonated beverages. Through the associations resulting from the factorial analysis, the mechanisms involved in the erosive dental wear were also highlighted, and the main was biocorrosion, followed by friction and stress.

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Masseter Muscle Activity in Patients with Bruxism

“…Manfredini et al [54] conducted an EMG-based study in which he tried to correlate masseter muscle activity in SB with tooth wear, but the results demonstrated that it is not possible to use tooth wear as an indicator of SB or masseter muscle activity. Another study carried out on children aged 6-11 years using the factorial analysis method emphasized the fact that there is no correlation between bruxism and tooth wear in the evaluated children [55]. Among the clinical signs associated with bruxism, no abfraction lesions have been reported, but they represent, after all, also a form of tooth wear particularly specific to old age [56], as well as temporomandibular disorder; although it was not reported, it refers to two other clinical signs that have been reported (masticatory muscle pain and headache and neck muscle pain) [57,58].…”

Prevalence of non-carious cervical injuries and their associations with risk factors: integrative literature review

“…Gastroesophageal reflux Medeiros, 2020;Rusu, 2019;Zuza, 2019;Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(1); Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(2); Teixeira, 2018;Swalani, 2016. Acid diet Medeiros, 2020;Chiriac, 2019;Rusu, 2019;Zuza, 2019;Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(1); Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(2); Kolak, 2018;Teixeira, 2018;Yoshizaki, 2017;Ispas, 2016;Swalani, 2016;Yang, 2016;Lai, 2015. Parafunctional habits Medeiros, 2020Zuza, 2019;Teixeira, 2018;Lai, 2015. Occlusal disorders Medeiros, 2020;Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(1); Alvarez-Arenal, 2018(2); Teixeira, 2018;Yoshizaki, 2017;Swalani, 2016.…”

“…andIspas et al (2016), correlated the consumption of acidic beverages with the appearance of NCCL, presented a p-value of 0.001, as well as in the study byYoshizaki et al (2017), which obtained a p-value of <0.0001 for the same association between acidic drinks and the emergence of NCCL. According toChiriac et al (2019), the energy drinks, yogurt, and carbonated drinks had a greater impact for this association of acidic diet with NCCL. In the study byRusu et al (2019), the association of NCCL with the acidic diet had a percentage of 44%.…”

“…The only study that reported patients presenting with NCCL in the age group of 6-11 was the study byChiriac et al (2019), as it studied the relationship of children and the main associated risk factors at this age. In both studies by, they only presented data in relation to the age group of 12-30 years, as they studied a specific group of students with an average age of 24.5 years.…”