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Other journals in brief
A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals.
The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by John R. Radford.
Root caries
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Risk indicators associated with root caries in independently living older adults Hayesa M, Da Mataa C et al. J Dent 2016; 51: 814
Neither those subjects who wore dentures, nor those who harboured caries-associated microorganisms had a higher prevalence of root caries.
This study found that those subjects with poor plaque control (OR 9.59, 95% CI 3.8424.00), xerostomia (OR 18.49, 95% CI 2.00172.80), two or more teeth with coronal decay (OR 4.50, 95% CI 2.0210.02) and 37 or more exposed root surfaces (OR 5.48, 95% CI 2.4912.01) were more likely to have had root caries. An odds ratio (OR) of greater than 1 is when that exposure is associated with the condition. A large condence interval (CI) indicates a low level of precision with the OR (see above CI for xerostomia). This study reported baseline ndings from a cohort of independently living older adults (n = 334) living in the Republic of Ireland (70% of the public water supply is uoridated between 0.6 and 0.8 ppm). Of note, neither those who wore dentures (multivariate testing only), nor those with high numbers of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli spp (<105 or >...