Oral health behaviors and metabolic syndrome: the 2008–2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Abstract

Dentists may recommend evaluation for MetS in the patients with infrequent daily toothbrushing and disuse of dental floss.

Association between socioeconomic status and oral health behaviors: The 2008–2010 Korea national health and nutrition examination survey

“…Smoking status was categorized into three groups in accordance with respondents' answers on the self-report questionnaire: (i) Non-smokers, those who had never smoked or had smoked <100 cigarettes in their life; (ii) ex-smokers, those who had smoked in the past but had stopped smoking; and (iii) current smokers, those who were smoking currently and had smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their life (15). Individuals were regarded as regular physical exercisers if they performed moderate exercise at least 5 times per week for at least 30 min per session, or performed vigorous exercise at least 3 times per week for at least 20 min per session (16).…”

“…The frequency of daily tooth brushing was conducted according to the total number of tooth brushing incidences per day. Secondary oral products included dental floss, mouthwash, interdental brushes and electric toothbrushes (15).…”

“…A probing force of ~20 g was used. Trained and calibrated dentists examined the periodontal status of the participants, and the mean inter-examiner Kappa value was 089 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.55-1.00] (15,(22)(23).…”

Oral health behaviors and bone mineral density in South Korea: the 2008–2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

“…In Asian studies, healthy oral health behaviors are also related to decreased cardiovascular risk factors [2] as well as metabolic syndrome [3,4], which is a precondition of cardiovascular diseases [5]. In contrast, healthy oral health behaviors are inversely associated with the prevalence of periodontitis, which is an inflammatory state of periodontal structures, including alveolar bone damage [6].…”

Condições periodontais e de higiene bucal, qualidade de vida e satisfação com a vida em pacientes obesos diabéticos e não diabéticos submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica

“…O acúmulo de placa bacteriana nas superfícies dentárias está associado com a presença de alterações bucais como a presença de sangramento gengival e de cálculo dentário, e consequentemente à doença periodontal (IRIGOYEN-CAMACHO et al, 2014;FRANCHINI et al, 2011). Os obesos avaliados neste estudo (G1 e G2) apresentaram pobres condições de higiene bucal na avaliação inicial (Tabela 4), dado que vai ao encontro do exposto na literatura científica (KIM et al, 2014;AKMAN et al, 2012;DE CASTILHOS et al, 2012;MATHUR et al, 2011;ZERMENO-IBARRA et al, 2010).…”