Prevalência, distribuição e indicadores de lesões cervicais não cariosas em uma amostragem de estudantes de Odontologia

• Autor(a) principal: Divenuto, Ernesto Javier Andrade
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/247579
• topic: Abrasão dentária; Etiologia; Erosão dentária; Erosión de los dientes; Abrasión de los dientes; Etiología; Lesiones cervicales no-cariosas

Non-carious cervical lesions (NCCL) are within the pathologies at dental practice. Although they have been studied extensively over the years, their etiology remains unfinished although it is considered multi-factorial. The objective of this study is therefore to characterize the LCNOC in a sample of students of the doctor of dentistry career of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Republic. Previously calibrated examiners conducted a cross-sectional study based on a sample of 125 dental students in Montevideo, Uruguay. A socio-demographic and quality of life questionnaire was applied. The presence of non-carious cervical lesions was evaluated from the basic erosive wear index (BEWE). The prevalence and distribution of the NCCL was determined by the relative frequency of people and/or sites with at least one diagnosed lesion. On the other hand, the influence of risk indicators was analyzed through logistic regression models. The sample had an average age of 20 years. Eighteen students presented at least 1 NCCL (14.4%) and 38 sites (1.1%). The NCCL were more prevalent in the upper jaw and the premolars. Risk indicators was analyzed in adjusted logistic model. Only horizontal brushing (OR 4.32, 95% CI: 1.29-14.46, p<0.01) and smoke (OR 5.12, 95% CI: 1.23-21.33, p <0.02) had statistically significance. Although the data comes from a particular population and should be interpreted with caution, they should be guidance for the purpose of generating healthy behaviors in the sense of reducing smoking as well as in modifying the daily brushing techniques used by patients.