Prevalence and Associations of Xerostomia in Older Adults in Southern Brazil.

Objectives: This study investigated the prevalence and associations of xerostomia in older adults in southern Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Pelotas, Brazil, during 2014. A representative sample of the city's older adult population (60+) was selected.

Lifetime Use of Dental Services and Dental Caries in Adolescents in 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort.

Objective: To examine the association between the lifetime utilisation of dental services and dental caries experience in mixed dentition among adolescents participating in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Southern Brazil.

Methods: This longitudinal study analysed a sample of 996 adolescents aged 12-13 years. Dental caries experience and untreated dental caries were the outcomes, assessed by the mean of decayed, missed and filled in deciduous (dmfs index) and in permanent (DMFS index) teeth, based on World Health Organization criteria.

Analysis of the Prevalence of Traumatic Dental Injuries in the Primary Dentition: Findings From a Cohort Study Involving 4-Year-Old Children From South Brazil.

Objective: To identify factors associated with the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in children at 4 years of age.

Methods: Participants from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort were included. Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental data were collected through interviews and physical examinations during cohort follow-up.

Factors associated with periodontal diseases in pregnancy: Findings of the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study.

Although periodontal disease is common during pregnancy, little is known about socioeconomic, behavioral, or biological determinants related to clinically assessed periodontal condition during this period. We assessed the prevalence of periodontal disease and associated factors in pregnant women. This population-based survey used data used from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil.

Maternal depression in first 1000 days of life and early childhood caries prevalence at 48 months of age.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of maternal's depression trajectory in the first 1000 days of the child's life on the prevalence of early childhood dental caries (ECC), in a birth cohort.

Materials And Methods: All infants born in Pelotas in 2015 were identified, and the mothers were invited to participate in the cohort. A total of 3645 children were included in the study.

Depression and anxiety among the University community during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study in Southern Brazil.

This study aimed to assess the mental health of a University community in South Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted between July-August 2020 through a self-administered questionnaire. All University staff and students were eligible.

Functional dentition and edentulism associated with mortality: A cohort study of older adults in Southern Brazil.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the lack of a functional dentition and edentulism with mortality in a cohort of older adults in a Southern Brazilian city.

Materials And Methods: This is a longitudinal study carried out with community-dwelling older adults (≥60 years old) from Pelotas, Brazil, using data from the baseline (2014) and the first follow-up (2017). Main exposures were functional dentition (20+ teeth present) and edentulism (absence of all teeth), derived from self-reported number of teeth.

Breastfeeding, consumption of ultraprocessed foods, and dental caries at 4 years of age: A birth cohort study.

Background: Cohort studies have demonstrated an association between prolonged and/or frequent breastfeeding and early childhood caries (ECC).

Aim: To investigate the association between prolonged breastfeeding and ECC at 48 months, while considering the interaction between prolonged breastfeeding and ultraprocessed foods (UPF).

Design: Data from a birth cohort study conducted in southern Brazil were used (n = 3645).

Prevalence of tooth wear and associated factors: A birth cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of tooth wear and associated factors in adults from the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort.

Methods: A subsample of the 5,914 individuals from the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort was randomly selected to be interviewed and clinically examined at the age of 31. Tooth wear was evaluated using a simplified version of the Tooth Wear Index (TWI), considering the absence or presence of tooth wear in dentin of first molars and anterior teeth (incisors and canines).

Perioperative therapies to reduce edema after orthognathic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective To systematically review the literature and assess the effectiveness of perioperative systemic and nonsystemic therapies in reducing edema after orthognathic surgery. Study Design Four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Bireme, and Scopus) were searched. Only randomized clinical trials were included and assessed using the RoB 2.

Are maternal factors predictors of a child's first dental visit? A birth cohort study in Brazil.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between maternal factors and dental visits of children within their first year of life. This study used data from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort and included pregnant women and their children at 12 months of age, followed-up between May 2014 and December 2015. Socioeconomic and demographic data, information on the use of dental services during the last year, and information on dental fear were collected by interviewing the mothers.

Is professionally applied topical fluoride effective in treating incipient caries? A systematic review.

The present systematic review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of professionally applied topical fluoride as therapeutic agent for incipient carious lesions in permanent teeth. Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) comparing the effectiveness of professionally applied topical fluoride (varnish or gel) with that of placebo, no intervention, and toothbrushing (control group) in the treatment of incipient carious lesions in permanent dentition were included. An electronic search was performed in the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Virtual Health Library, Embase, and Cochrane databases, in the grey literature, and in clinical trials registered until January 2021.

Temporal trends of women with oral cavity, base of tongue and lip cancers in Brazil: An ecological study covering mortality data from 1980 to 2018.

Objectives: Obtaining robust evidence about the local mortality levels, trends and impact of oral cavity/base of tongue cancers and lip cancer, especially for women, is imperative in the fight against cancer. This descriptive retrospective ecological time-series study explored trends in oral cavity/base of tongue cancers and lip cancer mortality rates for women in Brazil from 1980 to 2018, by geographic region and anatomical location.

Methods: The crude and age-adjusted annual mortality rates were obtained by sex, anatomical location and macro-regions of Brazil.

Simultaneous imaging of ER and cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics reveals long-distance ER Ca2+ waves in plants.

Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a key role in cell signaling across organisms. In plants, a plethora of environmental and developmental stimuli induce specific Ca2+ increases in the cytosol as well as in different cellular compartments including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The ER represents an intracellular Ca2+ store that actively accumulates Ca2+ taken up from the cytosol.

Use of Health Services and Family Health Strategy Households Population Coverage in Brazil.

The objective of this study is to describe the profile of use of primary health care services, estimated by the PNS, of the population living in households registered and not registered with the Famly Health Strategy - FHS, in the years 2013 and 2019. Cross-sectional study carried out using microdata from national health surveys 2013 and 2019. The sample originated from a master sample, consisting of a set of units from selected areas in a register.

Non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) and associated factors: A multilevel analysis in a cohort study in southern Brazil.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) and their association with individual and tooth-related factors in adults from the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort.

Materials And Methods: Participants were interviewed and clinically examined at the age of 31. NCCL was defined as loss of dental tissue without bacterial involvement in the cervical region.

Wich factors influencing the number of teeth at 12 months of age: a birth cohort study.

This study aimed to verify, through a longitudinal follow-up, the pre-, peri- and postnatal factors associated with the eruption of deciduous teeth. The study was nested in a Birth Cohort Study conducted in Pelotas, a Southern Brazilian city. Mothers were followed prenatally and their children were followed-up perinatally, at 3 and 12 months of age.

Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To systematically review the literature about: 'What is the global estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults?'.

Data/sources: Inclusion criteria were observational population-based studies reporting the prevalence or raw data of dental fear in adults (>18 years). Five electronic databases (Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Virtual Health Library and Web of Science) were searched without language restrictions up to March 2020.

Efficacy of audiovisual distraction using eyeglasses during dental care: a randomized clinical trial.

This randomized parallel-group control trial tested the efficacy of distraction using audiovisual eyeglasses (AVE) during dental procedures [NCT03902158]. Forty-four 6-9 year-old children with low/moderate anxiety and who needed restorative treatment or exodontia of the primary molars were randomly allocated into two groups: the AVE (experimental) and the conventional behavior management techniques (control) groups. Motion sensors were used to measure the participants' body movements.

Dental caries and depression in pregnant women: The role of oral health self-perception as mediator.

Objective: This study investigated the role of oral health self-perception as mediator of association between dental caries and depression among pregnant women from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil.

Materials And Methods: Overall, 2,496 pregnant women participated of this oral health sub-study. Data related to demographic and socioeconomic conditions, lifetime and current depression, and oral health self-perception were collected.

Genes and SNPs in the pathway of immune response and caries risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to pool the data on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in immune response genes associated with dental caries. Nineteen studies were included in the review and 18 in the meta-analysis. Twenty-two SNPs were evaluated, which are linked to six different genes (, , , , and ).

The vicious cycle of dental fear at age 31 in a birth cohort in Southern Brazil.

Objectives: This longitudinal study assessed the prevalence of dental fear in adulthood and the association with socio-economic, behavioural and clinical variables. Also, the existence of a vicious cycle of dental fear was tested.

Methods: A random sample of adults (n = 535) from the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil, was selected.

Periodontal disease and preterm birth: Findings from the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort study.

Objectives: To verify the association between periodontal conditions and preterm birth.

Materials And Methods: This study used data from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil. Pregnant women expected to give birth in 2015 were interviewed and dentally examined by a trained dentist, with periodontal measures collected in all teeth, six sites per tooth.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms of taste genes and caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to systematically review the literature investigating the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) related to taste genes and their influence on caries.

Material And Methods: Search was performed in five databases to respond to the question: 'Are the polymorphisms of taste genes associated with dental caries?'. Studies in humans were included.

Genes in the pathway of tooth mineral tissues and dental caries risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To perform a systematic review of the literature, investigating the influence of tooth mineral tissues genes on dental caries.

Materials And Methods: Five databases were searched. Only human studies with cross-sectional, longitudinal, and case-control design were included.