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Abramovitz I, Zini A, Kessler Baruch O, Kedem R, Protter NE, Shay B, Yavnai N, Zur D, Mijiritsky E, Almoznino G. SOS teeth with advanced caries and sociodemographic indicators, health-related habits and dental attendance patterns: data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) nationwide records-based study. BMC Oral Health 2021; 21:389. [PMID: 34372843 PMCID: PMC8351153 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-021-01751-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background "SOS teeth" are teeth that need to be treated first, and represent dental teeth with deep caries seen clinically and radiographically which may require root canal treatment or extraction. The aims of the present research were to study the associations of SOS teeth with: socio-demographic parameters, dental attendance patterns, health-related habits among young to middle-aged adults. Methods This cross-sectional records-based research analyzed data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) repository that captures comprehensive socio-demographic, medical, and dental databases of a nationwide sample of 132,529 records of dental attendees to military dental clinics for 1 year aged 18 to 50 years.
Results SOS teeth had a significant positive association in the multivariate analysis with male sex [OR 1.137, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.079–1.199], rural versus urban Jewish locality [OR 1.748 (1.082–2.825)], and consumption of sweetened beverages [OR 1.415 (1.337–1.496)]. SOS teeth retained significant negative associations (protective parameter) with academic [OR 0.647 (0.592–0.708)] and technicians (OR 0.616 (0.556–0.682)] compared to high school education, high [OR 0.437 (0.401–0.476)], and medium (OR 0.648 (0.598–0.702)] versus low socio-economic status, urban non-Jewish versus urban Jewish locality [OR 0.746 (0.693–0.802)], Asia (OR 0.658 (0.452–0.959)], North America (OR 0.539 (0.442–0.658)] and Israel [OR 0.735 (0.686–0.788)] versus western Europe birth countries.
Conclusions Health authorities should be familiar with this profile of the patient who is vulnerable to SOS teeth and formulate policies and allow the appropriate implementation of strategies in those in high-risk populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Itzhak Abramovitz
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Community Dentistry, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Chief Dental Surgeon & Head of Forensic Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Research & Academy Section, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.,The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. .,Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. .,Head, Big Biomedical Data Research Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12272, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. .,Dean's Office, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. .,Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Maxillofacial Imaging, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Abramovitz I, Zini A, Pribluda P, Kedem R, Zur D, Protter NE, Almoznino G. "Dental Cluster" Versus "Metabolic Cluster": Analyzing the Associations of Planned and Delivered Dental Procedures with Metabolic Syndrome, Utilizing Data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) Cross-Sectional Record-Based Nationwide Study. Biology (Basel) 2021; 10:biology10070608. [PMID: 34209432 PMCID: PMC8301031 DOI: 10.3390/biology10070608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Simple Summary There are conflicting results existing regarding the association between dental status and metabolic syndrome (MetS). This study aimed to analyze the association between the sum of the standard dental unit (SDU) scores of planned (SDU-P) and delivered (SDU-D) dental procedures per patient with MetS. Included were data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemi-ological (DOME) study records-based research, which integrated large socio-demographic, medical, and dental databases of a nationally representative sample of young to middle-aged military personnel (N = 131,927). The present study demonstrated that SDU-P, but not SDU-D, is a better predictor of systemic morbidities related to MetS. In other words, MetS is associated with a higher dental treatment needs burden, rather than with dental treatments performed de facto. The study concludes that dental and general health authorities should collaborate and share in-formation and focus on reducing common health-related risk factors, such as smoking and sugar consumption, in particular among high-risk populations, such as immigrants and those with lower SES and rural locality. Abstract There are conflicting results existing regarding the association between dental status and metabolic syndrome (MetS). The present research analyzed the associations of the sum of the standard dental unit (SDU) scores of planned (SDU-P) and delivered (SDU-D) dental procedures per patient with MetS components, consequences, and related conditions. The SDU score of each dental procedure represents the time and complexity of the executed procedure. This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) repository, which includes comprehensive socio-demographic, medical, and dental databases of a nationally representative sample of 132,529 military personnel. Univariate analyses revealed that SDU-P had statistically significant positive associations with all systemic morbidities related to MetS, while the SDU-D exhibited positive associations with some of the systemic morbidities and with lower ORs. SDU-P and SDU-D were associated with worse scores of auxiliary examinations used in the assessment of MetS components. SDU-P retained significant positive associations in the multivariate analysis with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (OR = 7.40 (1.91–28.57)), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (OR = 5.61 (1.53–20.83)), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (OR = 5.05 (2.40–10.63)), and fatty liver (OR = 1.82 (1.17–2.84)). In contrast, obesity was the only systemic parameter retaining a significant association with SDU-D following multivariate analysis (OR = 1.47 (1.23–1.76)). It can be concluded that SDU-P, but not SDU-D, is a better predictor of systemic morbidities related to MetS. In other words, MetS is associated with a higher dental treatment needs burden, rather than with dental treatments performed de facto. Dental and general health authorities should collaborate and share information and focus on reducing common health-related risk factors, such as smoking and sugar consumption, in particular among high-risk populations, such as immigrants and those with lower SES and rural locality.
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Affiliation(s)
- Itzhak Abramovitz
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (I.A.); (A.Z.); (P.P.)
- Hadassah Medical Center, Department of Endodontics, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (I.A.); (A.Z.); (P.P.)
- Hadassah Medical Center, Department of Community Dentistry, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (I.A.); (A.Z.); (P.P.)
- Hadassah Medical Center, Department of Endodontics, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (R.K.); (D.Z.)
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (R.K.); (D.Z.)
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- Chief Dental Surgeon & Head of Forensic Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel;
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (I.A.); (A.Z.); (P.P.)
- Hadassah Medical Center, Department of Endodontics, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Hadassah Medical Center, Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Maxillofacial Imaging, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Big Biomedical Data Research Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +972-2-677-6194; Fax: +972-2-644-7919
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Abramovitz I, Zakopay E, Zini A, Chweidan H, Balakirski D, Protter NE, Almoznino G. Pre-Operative Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Attending Surgical Removal of Mandibular Third Molar Teeth. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9010085. [PMID: 33467088 PMCID: PMC7830983 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9010085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The study aimed to measure the pre-operative oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and to identify patient and teeth pathologies associated with worse OHRQoL among patients attending mandibular third molar tooth extraction. Data were collected preoperatively from 199 patients attending surgical removal of their mandibular third molar. To that end, we measured the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) and analyzed its association with: (1) demographics; (2) health-related behaviors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and dietary habits; (3) Plaque Index (PI); (4) Decay, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT); and (5) clinical characteristics related to third molar extraction, such as the indication for extraction, tooth angulations, and radiographic pathology. The mean age of the study population was 21.5 ± 3.2 years and the mean OHIP-14 global score was 22.5 ± 8.3. The present study identified patient and teeth profiles that are associated with worse pre-operative OHRQoL in patients attending mandibular third molar extraction. The “vulnerable patient” profile includes poor health-related behaviors, particularly the performance of physical activity less than once a week (p = 0.028). The “disturbing teeth” profile includes higher plaque scores (p = 0.023) and specific characteristics of the third molar teeth, such as pericoronitis (p = 0.027) and radiolucency around third molars in panoramic radiography (p < 0.001). These findings support the hypothesis that OHRQoL is a complex phenomenon which is associated with the patient’s health-related behaviors as well as with specific tooth pathologies.
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- Itzhak Abramovitz
- Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Center, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (E.Z.); (H.C.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Community Dentistry, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Center, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (E.Z.); (H.C.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Center, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (E.Z.); (H.C.); (D.B.)
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- Chief Dental Surgeon & Head of Forensic Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel;
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- Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
- Head, Big Biomedical Data Research Laboratory, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Department of Oral Medicine Sedation & Maxillofacial Imaging, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Almoznino G, Zini A, Kedem R, Protter NE, Zur D, Abramovitz I. Hypertension and Its Associations with Dental Status: Data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) Nationwide Records-Based Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10020176. [PMID: 33419028 PMCID: PMC7825310 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10020176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Conflicting results have been published regarding the associations between dental status and hypertension. This study aims to explore whether or not hypertension is associated with dental status among young to middle-aged adults. To that end, data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) study were analyzed. The DOME is a cross-sectional records-based study that combines comprehensive socio-demographic, medical, and dental databases of a nationally representative sample of military personnel. Included were 132,529 subjects aged 18–50 years who attended the military dental clinics for one year. The prevalence of hypertension in the study population was 2.5% (3363/132,529). Following multivariate analysis, the associations between hypertension and dental parameters were lost and hypertension retained a positive association with obesity (Odds ratio (OR) = 4.2 (3.7–4.9)), diabetes mellitus (OR = 4.0 (2.9–5.7)), birth country of Western Europe vs. Israeli birth country (OR = 1.9 (1.6–2.2)), male sex (OR = 1.9 (1.6–2.2)), cardiovascular disease (OR = 1.9 (1.6–2.3)), presence of fatty liver (OR = 1.8 (1.5–2.3)), the birth country Asia vs. Israeli birth country (OR = 1.6 (1.1–2.3)), smoking (OR = 1.2 (1.05–1.4)), and older age (OR = 1.05 (1.04–1.06)). Further analysis among an age-, smoking- and sex matched sub-population (N = 13,452) also revealed that the dental parameters lost their statistically significant association with hypertension following multivariate analysis, and hypertension retained a positive association with diabetes (OR = 4.08 (2.6–6.1)), obesity (OR = 2.7 (2.4–3.2)), birth country of Western Europe vs. Israel (OR = 1.9 (1.6–2.3)), cardiovascular disease (OR = 1.8 (1.5–2.2)), fatty liver (OR = 1.7 (1.3–2.3)), high school education vs. academic (OR = 1.5 (1.3–1.8)), and low socio-economic status (SES) vs. high (OR = 1.4 (1.03–1.8)). We analyzed the associations between C-reactive protein (CRP) and dental parameters and combined the statistically significant variables to create a dental inflammation score (DIS). This crated a final model with the appropriate weights written as follows: DIS = (periodontal disease × 14) + (the number of teeth that required crowns × 11) + (missing teeth × 75). The mean DIS was 10.106 ± 25.184, and it exhibited a weak positive association with hypertension in the univariate analysis (OR = 1.011 (1.010–1.012)). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of the DIS against hypertension produced a failed area under the curve (AUC) result (0.57 (0.56–0.58)). Moreover, the DIS also lost its statistical significance association with hypertension following multivariate analysis. We conclude that hypertension had no statistically significant nor clinically significant association with dental status. The study established a profile of the “patient vulnerable to hypertension”, which retained well-known risk factors for hypertension such as older age, male sex, smoking, diabetes, obesity, and fatty liver but not dental parameters.
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Affiliation(s)
- Galit Almoznino
- Big Biomedical Data Research Laboratory, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
- Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Maxillofacial Imaging, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +97-226-776-194; Fax: +97-226-447-919
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- Department of Community Dentistry, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (R.K.); (D.Z.)
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- Forensic Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel;
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- Medical Information Department, General Surgeon Headquarter, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer 02149, Israel; (R.K.); (D.Z.)
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- Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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