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- Title
Salivary pH and oral health of Brazilian para‐athletes: Saliva and oral health of para‐athletes.
- Authors
Brancher, João Armando; Morodome, Fernanda; Madalena, Isabela Ribeiro; Reis, Caio Luiz Bittecourt; Von Held, Rodrigo; Antunes, Lívia Azeredo Alves; Winckler, Ciro; Salgueirosa, Fabiano; Neto, Zair Candido Oliveira; Storrer, Carmen Lucia Muller; Küchler, Erika Calvano; Antunes, Leonardo Santos
- Abstract
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the association of the salivary pH and parameters of oral health in Brazilian para‐athletes. Methods and results: The sample was composed of 271 Brazilian para‐athletes (147 athletics, 61 powerlifting, and 63 swimming); mean age was 31.2 ± 11.7 years. Data collected during anamnesis, clinical examination, and saliva collection revealed that salivary pH was different among sports (p =.01) and tends to decrease as age and body mass index (BMI) increase (p =.026,.027, respectively). The mean decay missing filled teeth was 8.8 (±0.57), but there is no correlation with salivary pH (R2 = −0.0852; CI 95%, −0.215–0.047; p =.194) as habits of grinding, clenching teeth, or bruxism was not associated with salivary pH (p =.317,.932, and.444, respectively). Regarding breathing, para‐athletes that have buccal breathing had significantly higher salivary pH (p =.04). This data were confirmed by multiple logistic regression (p =.05). Open bite, lip seal, geographic or fissured tongue also were not associated with variation of salivary pH (p >.05). Conclusions: This study provided evidence of an association between salivary pH with age, BMI, type of breathing, and type of sport practiced by the para‐athletes
- Subjects
ATHLETES with disabilities; ORAL health; ATHLETES; SALIVA; BODY mass index; PRACTICE (Sports); POWERLIFTING
- Publication
Special Care in Dentistry, 2021, Vol 41, Issue 4, p505
- ISSN
0275-1879
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/scd.12589