Association of Dental Caries, Retained Roots, and Missing Teeth with Physical Status, Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Women of the Reproductive Age

Najla Dar-Odeh, Sary Borzangy, Hamzah Babkair, Lamis Farghal, Ghufran Shahin, Sawsan Fadhlalmawla, Walaa Alhazmi, Sarah Taher and Osama Abu-Hammad
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Najla Dar-Odeh: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Sary Borzangy: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Hamzah Babkair: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Lamis Farghal: Private Sector, Al Madinah Al Munawara 42313, Saudi Arabia
Ghufran Shahin: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Sawsan Fadhlalmawla: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Walaa Alhazmi: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Sarah Taher: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia
Osama Abu-Hammad: College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-8

Abstract: Objectives: To investigate in women of reproductive age a possible association between particular dental diseases—dental caries, retained roots, and missing teeth—with some systemic conditions—physical status score- ASA (American Society for Anesthesiologists), diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. Methods: Dental and medical history were retrieved from the electronic files of dental patients. Statistical analysis was performed using cross tabulation with the Chi-square test to explore the significance of an association between variables pertaining to dental diseases and the investigated systemic conditions. Logistic regression was further used to explore the significance of the above dental diseases as predictors for systemic conditions. Results: A total of 1768 female patients in the age range 18–55 were included, with a mean age of 31.2 ± 10.13 years. A total of 228 (12.9%) patients had a chronic systemic disease within the ASA II category, 66 (3.7%) were diabetic, and 76 (4.3%) were hypertensive. Missing teeth were significantly associated with the ASA II category, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension ( p < 0.001, p = 0.009, p = 0.005 respectively), while retained roots were significantly associated with the ASA II category only ( p = 0.023). Logistic regression showed a low predictive capacity of models describing the three systemic conditions. Conclusions: Diabetes mellitus and hypertension were the most common systemic diseases among the study sample. While carious teeth had no significant association with the investigated systemic conditions, retained roots were significantly associated with the ASA II category only, and missing teeth were significantly associated with all investigated systemic conditions. However, oral diseases expressed a low predictive power of these systemic conditions.

Keywords: Dental caries; Retained roots; Missing teeth; Hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Prediction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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