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Are Down syndrome children more vulnerable to tooth wear? Ghent University

M. Hyder, I. Tanboga, I. Kalyoncu, H. Arain, Luc Marks
Background: An oral condition that has largely been ignored in the Down syndrome population is pathological tooth wear. This study is aimed to create more awareness of the reasons underlying the tooth wear observed in patients with Down syndrome and to suggest different methods to prevent this condition. This research also potentially serves as a platform for future researchers to perform an in-depth analysis of the factors we identified. The ...

Irregular tooth wear and longevity in captive wild ruminants : a pilot survey of necropsy reports Ghent University

Olga Martin Jurado, Marcus Clauss, W Jürgen Streich, Jean-Michel Hatt
Tooth wear is often suggested as an important factor limiting the life span of free-ranging wildlife. Given the frequent occurrence of poor dental health in captive animals reported in the literature, one would expect tooth health to be a limiting factor in captivity as well. Additionally, it could be assumed that brachydont (browsing) animals are more susceptible to dental health problems than are hypsodont (grazing) animals, given current ...

Erosive tooth Wear in special Olympic athletes with intellectual disabilities Vrije Universiteit Brussel

F Marro, C Fernandez, Line Martens, Wolfgang Jacquet, L Marks

BACKGROUND: Special Olympics (SO) events represent an opportunity to obtain considerable information regarding intellectual disable (ID) patients. Studies done with SO data have shown an overview of the oral health status of these athletes; however, no information exists regarding the erosive tooth wear (ETW). Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the presence and severity of ETW in athletes with ID who participated in the SO ...

The Influence of Behavioural and Sociodemographic Risk Indicators on Erosive Tooth Wear in Flemish Adolescents, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Francisca Marro, Wolfgang Jacquet, Peter Bottenberg, Luc C Martens

Although Belgium has recently been ranked as the second highest consumer of soft drinks in Europe, no data on erosive tooth wear (ETW) are currently available. Therefore, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk indicators of ETW in adolescents residing in the region of Flanders, Belgium. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from different types of Belgian schools: general and ...

Quantifying increased rates of erosive tooth wear progression in the early permanent dentition Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Francisca Marro, Wolfgang Jacquet, Luc Martens, Andrew Keeling, David Bartlett, Saoirse O'Toole

OBJECTIVES: To investigate if quantitative analysis of intraoral scans of study models can identify erosive tooth wear progression.

METHODS: Data were collected from a retrospective longitudinal study, using pre-and post-orthodontic treatment casts of 11-13 year olds, recorded at two consecutive appointments 29 months apart. Casts were digitised with intra-oral scanner TRIOS™ (3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark) and first molar scan pairs used ...

Monitoring the progression of erosive tooth wear (ETW) using BEWE index in casts and their 3D images: A retrospective longitudinal study. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Francisca Marro, Liesa De Lat, Luc C. Martens, Wolfgang Jacquet, Peter Bottenberg

Objective: To determine if the Basic erosive tooth wear index (BEWE index) is able to assess and monitor ETW changes in two consecutive cast models, and detect methodological differences when using the corresponding 3D image replicas. Methods: A total of 480 pre-treatment and 2-year post-treatment orthodontic models (n = 240 cast models and n = 240 3D image replicas) from 120 adolescents treated between 2002 and 2013 at the Gent Dental ...

Associations between obesity, dental caries, erosive tooth wear and periodontal disease in adolescents: a case-control study Vrije Universiteit Brussel

F. Marro, S. De Smedt, S. Rajasekharan, L. Martens, Peter Bottenberg, Wolfgang Jacquet

Purpose: To compare oral health [dental caries, periodontal status, and erosive tooth wear (ETW)], diet and oral hygiene habits between obese and normal weight adolescents, and to explore possible risk associations. Methods: In this case–control study, a convenience sample of 71 obese adolescents (age range 11–18) from a rehabilitation centre, and 54 age-sex-matched normal weight adolescents were selected for this study. Groups were defined ...