A survey of the correspondence between abrasions and tooth brushing habits in Erzurum, Turkey.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether there is a correlation between dental abrasions and the frequency and technique of tooth brushing, as well as to examine the prevalence of dental abrasion according to age and gender.


METHODS
This study was carried out on 428 adults (242 female, 186 male) 20 years of age and older, who attended the Department of Operative Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University.


RESULTS
The study revealed a statistically significant relationship between abrasive lesions and age groups as well as between abrasive lesions and gender. A statistically significant difference was determined between abrasions and tooth brushing frequency, while there was no statistically significant relation between abrasions and tooth brushing technique (p>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of tooth brushing abrasions increases with age, and lesions are seen more frequently in males than in females. Also, tooth brushing technique is not important to the presence of abrasions, but increased tooth brushing frequency results in an increase in the number of abrasions.
Akgül
H Murat
HM
Department of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. makgul@atauni.edu
Akgül
Nilgün
N
Karaoglanoglu
Serpil
S
Ozdabak
Nur
N
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology