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ArticleJournal of occupational health2020

Association between dental consultation and oral health status among male Japanese employees.

Yoshihiro Shimazaki, Toshiya Nonoyama, Yoshikazu Miyano, Yasushi Miyata, Kazuaki Hisada, Tsuneyasu Nagasawa

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Article in Journal of occupational health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshihiro ShimazakiDepartment of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-3954
Toshiya NonoyamaDepartment of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
Yoshikazu MiyanoKariya Dental Association, Kariya, Japan.
Yasushi MiyataKariya Dental Association, Kariya, Japan.
Kazuaki HisadaKariya Dental Association, Kariya, Japan.
Tsuneyasu NagasawaKariya Dental Association, Kariya, Japan.
Kariya City Board of Education · JPAichi Gakuin University · JP

Funding

Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16K11875Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K10429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the association between dental consultation and oral health status among male Japanese employees.

methodsThe participants were 3351 male employees who received a workplace oral health examination conducted at the ages of 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, and 59 years before retirement in conjunction with an annual health checkup. Data on dental expenditures were collected from health insurance claims. The number of dental visits and dental care expenses, alone or in combination, were used as indices of the dental consultation status for the analyses. The effects of dental consultation status on oral health status (number of total teeth, number of decayed teeth, and periodontal status) were analyzed using multivariate multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for confounders.

resultsMultivariate analyses revealed that the odds ratio (OR) for 20-27 teeth (losing 1-8 teeth) was significantly higher (OR 1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1-1.7) in those who had a high number of dental visits and high dental care expenses than in those who did not have a dental visit. By contrast, the ORs for ≤19 teeth (losing ≥9 teeth), having ≥3 decayed teeth, or having a periodontal pocket ≥6 mm were significantly lower (OR 0.2, 95% CI 0.1-0.6; OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.6; OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-1.0, respectively) in those who had fewer dental visits and lower dental care expenses.

conclusionsThese results imply that the dental consultation status is associated with oral health status among male employees.

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AdultCross-Sectional StudiesDental CariesDiagnosis, OralHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedOffice VisitsOral HealthTooth Lossdental consultationoral health examinationoral health statustooth lossworkplace

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