“…Although TA B L E 4 Crude c and adjusted a multilevel regression models with three levels of organization for different periodontal outcomes in a 31-year-old adult population. Pelotas, RS, Brazil (n = 535 individuals, 8,624 restorations, 28,796 sites) several studies have investigated the effect of proximal restorations on the periodontal tissue (Ababnaeh, Al-Omari, & Alawneh, 2011;Albandar, Buischi, & Axelsson, 1995;Broadbent, Williams, Thomson, & Williams, 2006;Halperin-Sternfeld, Saminsky, Machtei, & Horwitz, 2016;Santos et al, 2007), this interaction is still not well established. A study in the same population at 24 years showed an association between the presence of proximal restorations and the occurrence of bleeding and dental calculus; however, the association with periodontal pocket was not observed (Demarco et al, 2013).…”