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Association of Primary Root Caries  with Clinical Status in Adults

Objective: This paper uses baseline data from a randomized clinical trial to evaluate  cross-sectional indicators of primary root caries in caries-active adults.

Method: Adults (30–74 years) having at least 08 erupted teeth and between one and ten caries lesions were enrolled. Participants (n=320) received caries exams by trained, calibrated examiners and responded to baseline demographic questionnaires. We examined associations between baseline characteristics and the presence and amount of biofilm (no biofilm or small amount /moderate or abundance amount of biofilm – Silness-Loe Index) using Multivariate Poisson Regression and prevalence ratio (PR), adjusting for confounding variables.

Result: The affected tooth (maxillary anterior teeth)  [PR, 1.48; 95%  (CI), 1.18, 1.86], surface tooth (labial) [PR, 1.34; 95% (CI), 1.00, 1.81), width lesion (1 mm) [PR, 0.55; 95% (CI), 0.377, 0.806], and color lesion (dark brown and black) [PR, 0.763; 95% (CI), 0.61, 0.94] were significantly associated with increased amount of biofilm. Age, gender, number of lesions, height of lesions were not associated with amount of biofilm.

 Conclusion: Our results suggest that moderate and great amount of biofilm were associated with clinical status of primary root caries.

IADR/LAR General Session
2012 IADR/LAR General Session (Iguaçu Falls, Brazil)
Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
2012
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Cariology Research - Detection, Risk Assessment and Others
  • Rando-meirelles, Maria Paula  ( Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, N/A, Brazil )
  • Torrês, Luisa  ( Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, N/A, Brazil )
  • Ellwood, Roger  ( Colgate - Palmolive Company / England, Manchester, N/A, England, Uk )
  • Sousa, Maria Luz  ( Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, N/A, Brazil )
    • Oral Session
    Cariology: Answers to Existing Gaps in Caries Detection and Risk Assessment?
    06/20/2012