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Research Paper | Dentistry | Turkiye | Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2025 | Popularity: 6.7 / 10
Evaluation of Tooth Wear among a Group of Dentists in Baghdad City
Wassan Jamal Obaid, Nadia Qasim Mutlak, Baydaa Ahmed Yas
Abstract: Background: tooth wear is a non-carious tooth substance loss by means other than dental caries or dental trauma. Tooth wear is a very common condition that occurs in about 97% of the population. Biomarkers of tissue damage as results of occupational physical demands could be used for detection of work-related tooth wear. The aim of this study was to assess tooth wear and, selected salivary biomarkers (Creatine kinase and C-reactive protein) and to find the relation among them. Subjects and Methods: Study participants consist of 112 dentists. They were selected from college of dentistry /Baghdad University, health care center in Bagdad city. They were of both gender and aged between 40-45 years. They should fit the study criteria. Self-administered were used to evaluate information. Tooth wear was examined the surfaces of all teeth were scored according to tooth wear index by Smith and Knight (1984). Stimulated saliva were collected from subsample (87) dentists drawn randomly from the total sample, for whom biochemical analysis (measurement of creatine kinase and C-reactive protein) were done. Results: Results that according to the type of tooth surfaces, occlusal surface record higher percentage with (94.6%) followed by the incisal surface ( 90.2%) and lowest surface is the lingual surface with (9.8 %). According to gender tooth wear was higher among female than male regarding all tooth surface types and for both jaws. Tooth wear according to arch type and tooth surface type by gender is shown in table (3-22) results showed that tooth wear in general in the whole mouth regardless arches and tooth surface type was higher among female (mean rank=58.8) than male (mean rank =50.9) but with non- significant differences (P>0.05). According to arch type in both maxilla and mandible, tooth wear recorded higher mean rank value among female than male but with non-significant differences (P>0.05). According to tooth surface type, in maxilla all tooth surfaces (buccal, incisal, occlusal and cervical) recorded higher mean rank value among female than male but with non-significant differences P>0.05, except for lingual surface tooth wear was higher among male than female also with non- significant differences (P>0.05). Conclusions: the result showed the tooth wear among dentists was because Dentistry is a stressful occupation stress factors are generally related to operational considerations, interpersonal relations and from hazord occurring in the dental office and in this study, there is a significant correlation between level of c ?reactive protein and tooth wear.
Keywords: Tooth wear, Creatine kinase, C-reactive protein
Edition: Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2025
Pages: 829 - 835
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR25119002836
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