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Dental and oral health assessments in the German National Cohort (NAKO).
BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Endodontology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Background: Despite considerable improvements in oral health in recent decades, caries and periodontitis are still widespread, ranking among the most prevalent diseases worldwide and requiring future research. The German National Cohort (NAKO Gesundheitsstudie, NAKO) is a large-scaled, multidisciplinary, nationwide, multi-centre, population-based, prospective cohort study with oral examinations that aims to provide a resource to study risk factors for major diseases. The aim of the present article is to provide the methodological background, to report on the data quality, and to present initial results of the oral examinations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRelationships between orofacial pain and sleep: Analysis of UK biobank and genome-wide association studies data.
J Dent Sci
January 2025
Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Background/purpose: Orofacial pain is common in dental practices. This study aimed to explore relationships between orofacial pain and sleep using the UK Biobank dataset and, based on epidemiological associations, to investigate the causal association using genome-wide association studies data.
Materials And Methods: First, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 196,490 participants from UK Biobank.
A comparative analysis of older patients with chewing difficulties due to temporomandibular disorders and tooth loss.
J Dent Sci
January 2025
Department of Oral Medicine, Dental and Life Science Institute, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
Background/purpose: Chewing difficulty can contribute to psychological stress, which reduces the quality of life for older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the severity of masticatory discomfort, stress response, and sleep disturbance in older patients experiencing masticatory discomfort due to tooth loss or temporomandibular disorders (TMD), to find the further treatment direction for these patients.
Materials And Methods: A total of 392 patients aged 50 years and older with mastication difficulties were analyzed.
Exploring the Patients' Perspective on Digital Tools for Psychosocial Assessment in Dentistry.
J Oral Rehabil
January 2025
Department of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Background: Psychosocial screening is a valuable part of the assessment of patients with orofacial pain, as psychosocial factors will affect prognosis and treatment outcomes. Paper-based questionnaires are predominately used to assess the degree of psychosocial comorbidity; however, digital alternatives for screening questionnaires may be more cost-effective and resource-saving if patients are receptive to using them.
Objective: To evaluate how patients perceive digital psychosocial screening in dentistry.
Morphometric assessment of mandibles with complications resulting from temporomandibular joint ankylosis in children from 4 months to 3 years of age.
Acta Bioeng Biomech
September 2024
Laboratory of Physiotherapy and Physioprevention, Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.
: The main aim of this paper was to perform the morphological assessment of children's mandibles of different etiology of dys-functions within the temporomandibular joint, from isolated idiopathic ankylosis to craniofacial malformations co-existing with genetic disorders. : The investigations encompassed seven patients at the age of 0-3. Measurements were conducted on the basis of data obtained from computed tomography.
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