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Lookup NU author(s): Emerita Professor Anne Maguire, Professor John Murray
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Material and methods: Dental examinations were carried out on 354 boys aged 5-6 years, and 862 boys aged 12-14 years, attending 40 schools in Riyadh. The prevalence of dental erosion was assessed using diagnostic criteria similar to those employed in the 1993 UK National Survey of Child Dental Health. Results: Pronounced dental erosion (into dentine or dentine and pulp) was observed in 34% of 5-6 year olds and 26% of 12-14 year olds. Information on food and drink consumed and dietary habits was obtained by means of a questionnaire. Parents reported that 65% of 5-6 year old boys took a drink to bed. Water was the commonest drink consumed (37%) followed by carbonated soft drinks (21%). One third of parents reported that their son had something to eat in bed or during the night and 60% of this was sweet food or confectionery. Seventy per cent of 12-14 year old boys reported consuming drinks at night; these were mainly water (30%), carbonated soft drinks (27%) and tea or coffee, with sugar (18%). Forty-six per cent of the 12-14 year olds reported that they ate in bed at least once a week and 54% of this was sweet food or confectionery. When the dental examination and questionnaire results were correlated, a statistically significant relationship was found between the number of primary maxillary incisors with pronounced erosion of their palatal surfaces and the consumption of carbonated soft drinks at night (P=0.015). A significant relationship was also found between the number of permanent maxillary incisors with pronounced erosion on their palatal surfaces and the frequency of drinks at night (P=0.020), as well as the duration of drinks retained in the mouth (P=0.038). Conclusion: It is concluded that dental erosion is more common in the primary and permanent dentitions of Saudi Arabian boys compared with results for similar age groups from the United Kingdom.
Author(s): Al-Majed I, Maguire A, Murray JJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Year: 2002
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Pages: 38-46
Print publication date: 01/02/2002
ISSN (print): 0301-5661
ISSN (electronic): 1600-0528
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300106.x
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300106.x
PubMed id: 11918574
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