Bibliographic citations
Angulo, T., Monroe, P. (2022). Evaluación de la erosión dental y dieta ácida en deportistas de una universidad privada de Lima-Perú [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660951
Angulo, T., Monroe, P. Evaluación de la erosión dental y dieta ácida en deportistas de una universidad privada de Lima-Perú [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660951
@misc{renati/1292948,
title = "Evaluación de la erosión dental y dieta ácida en deportistas de una universidad privada de Lima-Perú",
author = "Monroe Pérez, Pierina Rosa",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2022"
}
Objective: Evaluate self-reported dental erosion and consumption of acidic diet in students of sports teams in a private university of Lima-Peru. Materials and methods: The present study was descriptive and transversal. A total of 222 athletes of a private university of Lima-Peru was evaluated. It used a self-applying questionnaire with 28 questions that evaluated oral hygiene habits, dental health, and acidic diet. Statistical analyses were performed, for univariate was used the absolute and relative frequencies. The Fisher exact test was used in the bivariate analysis to decide the association between dental erosion and all the other variables. Results: The presence of self-reported dental erosion was 5.86% with an age range between 18 to 21 years old of 76.58%, divided in group and unit sports (72.97% ,27.03%,) frequency between 5 to 7 times/week (55.41%). In the section of oral hygiene habits, 29.28% did not know what type of toothbrush used and 53.60% never or rarely used a mouth rinse. Further, only 7.21% suffer regular regurgitation, 11.26% experienced acidic taste in the mouth and 4.05% have some tooth sensibility. Regarding to eating habits, the consumption of spicy foods many times a week 13.96%, citrus fruits 1-2 times/day 30.63%, sports drinks more of 2 time/day only 2.70%. More than 50% did no consumed sports drinks, soft drinks, and wine. Conclusion: There is no association between the consumption of acidic diet and self-reported dental erosion. It was observed a low consumption of sports drinks, spicy foods, wine, and citrus fruits.
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