ArticleBMC oral health2018
Investigating the association between stress, saliva and dental caries: a scoping review.
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- Pooled it
- Children's preoperative stress according to the parental presence evaluated by salivary cortisol and mYPAS: quasi-randomized trial.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Trial
- Treatment preferences related to pulpectomy and prosthetic restorations among Lithuanian general dentists and prosthodontists.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Low salivary pH reflects high dental anxiety: evidence from a preliminary cross-sectional study.Odontology · 2026Observational
- Hair cortisol-to-cortisone ratio and dental caries in adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis of glucocorticoid imbalance and caries prevalence.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Somatosensory Functions of Melastatin Transient-Receptor Potential Channels in the Teeth: Molecular Basis for Thermal Dentine Hypersensitivity.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Assessment of Dental Fear and Anxiety Tools for Children: A Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Salivary chromogranin A levels in periodontal health status: a cross-sectional study evaluating clinical and psychological associations.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The Addition of Chinese Herbal Medicines Is Effective as a Prophylactic Treatment Against Dental Diseases for Sjögren's Syndrome Patients: Insight from Real-World Database.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Impact of oral conditions on salivary biochemical parameters in individuals with substance use disorder: a cross-sectional study.Brazilian oral research · 2025Article
- Characteristics of the oral microbiome in youth exposed to caregiving adversity.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- Different strategies for treating intracanal fractured instruments in a single tooth: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Oral issues and childhood stress in eight-to-ten-year-old schoolchildren: a case-control study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
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- [Research Progress of Cellular Lipid Droplets in Oral Diseases].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2024Review
- Association between Salivary Cortisol Levels, Dental Anxiety, and Dental Caries in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Associations of decayed teeth and localized periodontitis with mental stress in young adults: CHIEF oral health study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- The Effect of Dental Treatments in Caries Management on Stress and Salivary Protein Levels.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Cross-sectional associations between effort-reward imbalance at work and oral diseases in Japan.PeerJ · 2022Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThis scoping review addressed the question 'what do we know about stress-related changes in saliva and dental caries in general population?'
methodsThe review was conducted using electronic searches via Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and WoS. All published human studies with both observational and experimental designs were included. Two reviewers independently reviewed eligible articles and extracted the data. The studies' quality was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool.
resultsOur search identified 232 reports, of which six were included in this review. All six studies were conducted in children and used salivary cortisol as stress marker. The studies varied by design, types of stressors, children's caries experience, methods of saliva collection. Four studies reported a positive association between saliva cortisol levels and caries (p < 0.05) while the other two reported no association (p > 0.05). The quality of the included studies was weak to moderate.
conclusionsThere is lack of evidence about an association between stress-related changes in saliva and caries. Well-designed longitudinal studies with rigorous measurement technics for stress, saliva and dental caries are necessary. This will help to generate new insights into the multifactorial etiology of caries and provide evidence for a rational method for its control.
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