An epidemiologic approach to toothbrushing and dental abrasion
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 7 (1), 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01186.x
Abstract
Abrasion lesions were recorded in 818 individuals representing the adult population of 430 000 residents of the Stockholm region, Sweden. The subjects were asked about toothbrushing habits, toothbrush quality and dentifrice usage; these factors were related to abrasion criteria. Abrasion was prevalent in 30 % and wedge-like or deep depressions were observed in 12%. The relationship between abrasion and toothbrushing was evident, tin-prevalence and severity of abrasion being correlated to toothbrushing consumption. The importance of the toothbrushing technique for the development of abrasion lesions was elucidated. Horizontal brushing technique was strongly correlated to abrasion. It was demonstrated by treating the data with the statistical AID analysis that toothbrushing factors related to the individual (brushing frequency and brushing technique) exert a greater influence that material-oriented toothbrushing factors such as dentifrice abrasivity and bristle stiffness.Keywords
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