Bite Force in Elderly with Full Natural Dentition and Different Rehabilitation Prosthesis

Manzon, Licia; Vozza, Iole; Poli, Ottavia

doi:10.3390/ijerph18041424

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“…In the present study, when comparing the bite force between men and women, it was observed that in both case and control groups the mean values of bite force were higher for males. These ndings are in accordance with several studies [37,42,47,[50][51][52][53][54][55], where a greater bite force was also found in men. Patients included in the present study were interrogated about their use of mouthwash, brushing habits such as frequency, hardness of bristles, type of toothpaste, and brushing technique.…”

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Association of Non-carious Cervical Lesions With Oral Hygiene Aspects and Oclusal Force

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Queiroz

Rio

et al. 2022

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One of the theories that contribute to explaining the evolution of non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) refers to fatigue wear, in which the concentration of stresses in the cervical region leads to the formation of microfractures in the dental tissues and progressive structure loss. However, due to a combination of factors that may cause wear, there is still uncertainty about the role of the occlusal factor as a risk factor that causes NCCLs. Objectives: The purpose of this case-control study was to investigate the association between the presence of NCCLs with occlusal force and other potential risk factors. Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine participants with NCCLs (cases) and 39 non-carrier patients (control), aged between 20 and 59 years old, were enrolled in the dental clinic of the Faculdade Integradas São Pedro (FAESA), located in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Information was collected through anamnesis, clinical examination, and a questionnaire addressing aspects related to tooth brushing, dentifrice, and mouthwash use. In clinical examination, patients were submitted to four measurements of occlusal force in the maxillary first premolars and maxillary first molars, using a strain gauge sensor of medium intensity, the Flexiforce (Tekscan, South Boston, MA, USA). The sensor was calibrated for the unit of measurement in Newtons (N). Results: Data was analyzed using a Student's t-test and multiple logistic regression, adopting the significance level of 5%. There was no statistically significant difference between the case and control groups regarding the bite force in the four measured regions. Logistic regression identified sex as a factor significantly associated with non-carious cervical lesions (p = 0.020). For the calculation of the odds ratio, the female sex presented a six-fold chance (OR = 6.082; CI = 1.332 - 27.765) higher than non-carious cervical lesions. Conclusions: It was concluded that females presented a higher risk factor for non-carious cervical lesions than men, whereas there was no association of occlusal strength, as well as aspects related to brushing and deleterious habits.Clinical Relevance: NCCLs are highly prevalent in daily clinical practices and can impact aesthetics and function, leading to hypersensitivity and impairment of oral-health-related quality of life. Gingival recession is an important clinical indicator for the presence of NCCLs.

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Association of Non-carious Cervical Lesions With Oral Hygiene Aspects and Oclusal Force

Werneck

Queiroz

Rio

et al. 2022

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“…Previous papers showed that people with compromised dentition, impaired posterior tooth units or with partial/complete dentures have more of a decrease in MBF than complete dentate subjects due to less-trained jaw muscles [46].…”

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Masticatory Force in Relation with Age in Subjects with Full Permanent Dentition: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Masticatory performance is directly correlated with masticatory muscle work to grind and cut the food. Chewing efficacy is decisive to eating a variety of foods needed maintain general health status at all ages. Older people have oral problems that get worse with age. Elders have more pathologies such as periodontal diseases, caries, tooth loss and inadequate dental prostheses than younger subjects. Objectives: to investigate the correlation between masticatory bite force (MBF) and body mass index (BMI) vs. aging and sex. Methods: This study was performed on 426 subjects (213 females plus 213 male) assigned into five different groups by age. Group “A” aged from 20 to 35 years; group “B” aged 45–59 years; group “C” aged 60–69 years; group “D” aged 70–79 years; and group “E” aged more than 79 years. Results: There were not statistically significant differences in right-side MBF versus left-side MBF. The differences between sex were statistically significant with a stronger bite in males than females (p < 0.05). At the same time, younger subjects had a stronger bite than elders (p < 0.05). In group “E”, more corpulent subjects (BMI > 25) had an MBF higher than less corpulent subjects (BMI < 25, p < 0.05). The analysis of mean MBF showed a statistically significant difference within all groups stratified by BMI with mean values inversely proportional with age (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The results in our study confirm data from many scientific papers. The importance of the present paper was to correlate data between and within a large sample with a wide range of ages. Our sample subjects had a 31%–33% decrease in MBF from group “A” to group “E” group, but they all had full permanent dentation and they preserved a valid MBF.

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“…This is due to patients with natural teeth contacts would have higher bite force compared to those with dentures. 25 This might also happens due to limitations present in removable dentures e.g. lack of retention, adaptation, and stability.…”

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Functional tooth units and masticatory ability in elderly population

2021

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Introduction: The elders are the ones that most often experience tooth loss which affects masticatory function. Masticatory function can be evaluated subjectively through masticatory ability assessment. The masticatory function is influenced by the number of posterior occluding pairs; this also may be called as functional tooth units (FTUs). The purpose of this study was to describe FTUs and masticatory ability in the elderly. Methods: This research was a descriptive study with a cross-sectional study design. Subjects were taken by purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted in the Lebakgede Sub-district, Bandung City. Data mentioned were obtained by conducting interviews regarding data on subject characteristics and questionnaires of masticatory ability, as well as examining the oral cavity to obtain FTUs data. Results: Subjects obtained were 74 people consisting of 63 women (85.14%) and 11 men (14.86%). Based on the results, the average age of the research subjects was 68.49 years, and those with good masticatory ability status were 26 elderly (35.14%) with an average FTU value of 5.9 while 48 elderly (64.86%) had poor masticatory ability status with an average FTU score of 1.5, even 31 subjects (41.89%) had a zero FTU score. Conclusion: The majority of the elderly in this research mostly had a low total FTUs score which means that the masticatory ability status in the elderly tended to be poor.

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Bite Force in Elderly with Full Natural Dentition and Different Rehabilitation Prosthesis

Cited by 23 publications

References 43 publications

Association of Non-carious Cervical Lesions With Oral Hygiene Aspects and Oclusal Force

Association of Non-carious Cervical Lesions With Oral Hygiene Aspects and Oclusal Force

Masticatory Force in Relation with Age in Subjects with Full Permanent Dentition: A Cross-Sectional Study

Functional tooth units and masticatory ability in elderly population

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