Anticholinergic burden, oral hygiene practices, and oral hygiene status-cross-sectional findings from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the association between anticholinergic burden and oral hygiene practices and oral hygiene status among 46-year-old people.

Materials and methods

The study included 1945 participants from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966), who had a complete dental status. The participants underwent clinical medical and dental examinations, and their medication data were gathered by combining self-reported drug use with information from the National Prescription Register. Anticholinergic burden was measured using nine previously published anticholinergic scales. Oral hygiene practices were assessed with toothbrushing frequency and oral hygiene status with the presence of visible dental plaque. Poisson regression with robust variance estimation and negative

SUBMITTER: Tiisanoja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966223 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature