评估COVID-19与青少年牙风险之间的关系:回顾性分析
Pallavi K Chakraborty1, Arpan Biswas2, Mridul Sharma3
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Annapurna Health Point Hospital, Durgapur, IND.
Cureus
|June 12, 2024
概括
暴露于2019年新冠肺炎疾病 (COVID-19) 的儿童和年轻人面临更高的牙损伤的风险. 这项研究强调了COVID-19作为这一人口群体中腔的潜在风险因素.
科学领域:
- 口腔健康 口腔健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情对全球公共卫生产生了影响,特别是对儿科和年轻成年人群.
- 了解大流行对口腔健康的长期影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19感染与牙损伤风险之间的关联.
- 为了评估COVID-19大流行后儿童,青少年和年轻人的虫风险.
主要方法:
- 在2020年1月至2021年12月期间接受治疗的120名年龄在6-25岁的患者的回顾性图表审查.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计信息,病史和牙科检查 (DMFT/DMFS).
- 统计分析包括描述性统计,奇平方/费舍尔精确测试,t测试/曼-惠特尼U测试和多变量回归.
主要成果:
- 与COVID-19阴性患者 (n=80) 相比,COVID-19阳性患者 (n=40) 患有较高虫病风险的患病率更高.
- 检测出COVID-19阳性的人患牙损伤的几率是1.8倍.
- 在牙风险与年龄,性别或以前的牙科病史之间没有发现显著的相关性.
结论:
- 暴露于COVID-19可能是儿童,青少年和年轻成年人牙的重要危险因素.
- 牙科专业人员应将COVID-19状态纳入这个年龄组的牙风险评估中.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这种关联的潜在机制.
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