ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2015
Influence of fruit consumption and fluoride application on the prevalence of caries and erosion in vegetarians--a controlled clinical trial.
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- Influence of the vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diet on the oral health status in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based dentistry · 2023Pooled it
- Vegetarian diet and its possible influence on dental health: A systematic literature review.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2020Pooled it
- Every bite counts to achieve oral health: a scoping review on diet and oral health preventive practices.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Effect of silver diamine fluoride/potassium iodide treatment on the prevention of dental erosion in primary teeth: an in vitro study.BDJ open · 2023Article
- Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Effect of Honey in the Prevention of Dental Caries: A Recent Perspective.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The use of fluoride for the prevention of dental erosion and erosive tooth wear in children and adolescents.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2019Review
- The role of the diet in tooth wear.British dental journal · 2018Review
- Erosive tooth wear - a review on global prevalence and on its prevalence in risk groups.British dental journal · 2018Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with dental erosion in individuals aged 12-30 years in a northeastern Brazilian city.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2017Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesCaries and erosion are common diseases of the dental hard tissues. The influence of vegetarianism on the development of caries and erosion has scarcely been investigated in the past. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of fruit consumption and topical fluoride application on the prevalence of caries and erosion in vegetarians. SUBJECTS/
methodsIn 100 vegetarians and 100 nonvegetarians, a dental examination was performed. The indices for decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) and surfaces (DMFS) were determined. DMFT and DMFS were subdivided into decayed teeth (DT), filled teeth (FT), decayed surfaces (DS) and filled surfaces (FS). In addition, the hygiene index and the number of teeth with dental erosion (DE), root caries (RC) and overhanging restoration margins (ORM) were recorded. A questionnaire assessed patients' eating habits, frequency of oral hygiene, dentist visits and topical fluoride application. For statistical analysis, unpaired t-test, Mann-Whitney test and Pearson's chi-square test were applied.
resultsVegetarians had significantly more DT (P<0.001), DS (P<0.001), more teeth with DE (P=0.026), RC (P=0.002) and ORM (P<0.001) than nonvegetarians. Daily consumption of fruits was significantly more prevalent (P<0.001), and topical fluoride application was less prevalent (P<0.001) in vegetarians compared with nonvegetarians. In particular, fluoride-containing toothpaste (P<0.001) and table salt (P=0.039) were less frequently used in vegetarians.
conclusionThe presented data suggest that vegetarians have an increased risk for caries and erosion. Topical fluoride application was shown to be effective in preventing caries, but not in preventing erosion.
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