The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study

The oral conditions of an individual are the result of different factors, including the subject’s genotype, oral hygiene habits, the type of diet, and lifestyle, such as smoking. Nutrition in the first years of life can affect dental health for a long time. To prevent mouth diseases, it is also impo...

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Autores principales:	Angela Pia Cazzolla, Michele Di Cosola, Andrea Ballini, Luigi Santacroce, Roberto Lovero, Nunzio Francesco Testa, Vitantonio Lacarbonara, Annarosa De Franco, Giuseppe Troiano, Stefania Cantore, Mariasevera Di Comite, Riccardo Nocini, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Vito Crincoli, Mario Dioguardi
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Publicado:	Hindawi Limited 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eeb1a0c76fe745c585fdde08c700f6932021-11-08T02:35:24ZThe Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study2314-614110.1155/2021/9992451https://doaj.org/article/eeb1a0c76fe745c585fdde08c700f6932021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9992451https://doaj.org/toc/2314-6141The oral conditions of an individual are the result of different factors, including the subject’s genotype, oral hygiene habits, the type of diet, and lifestyle, such as smoking. Nutrition in the first years of life can affect dental health for a long time. To prevent mouth diseases, it is also important to eliminate unfavorable eating behaviour and to amplify protective ones. Eating habits, especially in pediatric age, are an easily modifiable and controllable factor, and diet, in addition to influencing the health of the oral cavity, plays a fundamental role in systemic health. Indeed, a sugar-rich diet can lead to conditions, such as diabetes, being overweight, and obesity. The present research was an epidemiological study, with the aim of highlighting some of the associations between nutrition and oral health. In particular, we studied those lesions of hard and soft tissues that are diagnosed most frequently by dentists: caries, enamel hypoplasia, periodontal disease, and aphotoxic lesions and their associations with nutritional deficiencies and excesses including proteins, vitamin A, vitamin D, B vitamins, and iron and calcium minerals. To perform this study, we recruited 70 patients from the pediatric and orthodontic clinics, aged between 3 and 15 years (y), with mean age of 10.4 y.o. The study was conducted by providing a questionnaire to pediatric patients’ (supported from their parents or guardians) on individual eating habits, followed by an accurate oral cavity specialistic examination. The nutritional data were processed by using Grana Padano Observatory (OGP) software, freely provided online by the OPG. The statistical tests performed were the chi-square (χ2) for independence, and Cramér’s V test was used to evaluate the associations between eating habits and oral pathologies. The results showed that certain nutritional vitamin deficiencies and nutritional excesses were associated with definite oral pathologies.Angela Pia CazzollaMichele Di CosolaAndrea BalliniLuigi SantacroceRoberto LoveroNunzio Francesco TestaVitantonio LacarbonaraAnnarosa De FrancoGiuseppe TroianoStefania CantoreMariasevera Di ComiteRiccardo NociniLorenzo Lo MuzioVito CrincoliMario DioguardiHindawi LimitedarticleMedicineRENBioMed Research International, Vol 2021 (2021)
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description	The oral conditions of an individual are the result of different factors, including the subject’s genotype, oral hygiene habits, the type of diet, and lifestyle, such as smoking. Nutrition in the first years of life can affect dental health for a long time. To prevent mouth diseases, it is also important to eliminate unfavorable eating behaviour and to amplify protective ones. Eating habits, especially in pediatric age, are an easily modifiable and controllable factor, and diet, in addition to influencing the health of the oral cavity, plays a fundamental role in systemic health. Indeed, a sugar-rich diet can lead to conditions, such as diabetes, being overweight, and obesity. The present research was an epidemiological study, with the aim of highlighting some of the associations between nutrition and oral health. In particular, we studied those lesions of hard and soft tissues that are diagnosed most frequently by dentists: caries, enamel hypoplasia, periodontal disease, and aphotoxic lesions and their associations with nutritional deficiencies and excesses including proteins, vitamin A, vitamin D, B vitamins, and iron and calcium minerals. To perform this study, we recruited 70 patients from the pediatric and orthodontic clinics, aged between 3 and 15 years (y), with mean age of 10.4 y.o. The study was conducted by providing a questionnaire to pediatric patients’ (supported from their parents or guardians) on individual eating habits, followed by an accurate oral cavity specialistic examination. The nutritional data were processed by using Grana Padano Observatory (OGP) software, freely provided online by the OPG. The statistical tests performed were the chi-square (χ2) for independence, and Cramér’s V test was used to evaluate the associations between eating habits and oral pathologies. The results showed that certain nutritional vitamin deficiencies and nutritional excesses were associated with definite oral pathologies.
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author	Angela Pia Cazzolla Michele Di Cosola Andrea Ballini Luigi Santacroce Roberto Lovero Nunzio Francesco Testa Vitantonio Lacarbonara Annarosa De Franco Giuseppe Troiano Stefania Cantore Mariasevera Di Comite Riccardo Nocini Lorenzo Lo Muzio Vito Crincoli Mario Dioguardi
author_facet	Angela Pia Cazzolla Michele Di Cosola Andrea Ballini Luigi Santacroce Roberto Lovero Nunzio Francesco Testa Vitantonio Lacarbonara Annarosa De Franco Giuseppe Troiano Stefania Cantore Mariasevera Di Comite Riccardo Nocini Lorenzo Lo Muzio Vito Crincoli Mario Dioguardi
author_sort	Angela Pia Cazzolla
title	The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study
title_short	The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study
title_full	The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study
title_fullStr	The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study
title_full_unstemmed	The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study
title_sort	association between nutritional alterations and oral lesions in a pediatric population: an epidemiological study
publisher	Hindawi Limited
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/eeb1a0c76fe745c585fdde08c700f693
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The Association between Nutritional Alterations and Oral Lesions in a Pediatric Population: An Epidemiological Study

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