Periodontitis and its associated factors in patients at the faculty of southern Brazil: a cross - sectional study

To verify the presence of periodontitis, its severity, and their association with associated factors based on medical records of patients who attended the Dental Clinic of the Faculty of Southern Brazil over 4 years. This is a cross-sectional study, which included 422 medical records of patients aged ≥ 18 years. The clinically analyzed data were: plaque index (PI),bleeding on probing (BOP), probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment level (CAL). Sociodemographic data, dental hygiene, harmful habits and chronic systemic diseases were described. Statistical analysis of binary logistic regression was used to verify the relationship between the severity of periodontitis and the exposure variables. The older adults [odds ratio (OR) = 2.36; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.23-4.54 ­41 to 55 years and OR = 3.0; 95% CI: 1.49-6.09 ­56 to 87 years], and men (OR = 1.9; 95% CI: 1.18-3.14) showed higher chances of periodontitis severity. Smokers (OR = 3.54; 95% CI: 2.05-6.12), those with hypertension (OR = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.23-3.63) and with diabetes (OR = 2.10; 95% CI: 1.08-4.12) showed higher chances of developing advanced periodontitis. Advanced or severe periodontitis occurred in one-third of the patients. The findings showed that men, older adults, with systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and smokers are more susceptible to severe periodontitis.

Restorative strategies for weakened roots: Systematic review and Meta-analysis of in vitro studies / Estratégias restauradoras para raízes fragilizadas: uma revisão sistemática e Meta-análise de estudos in vitro

This study evaluated fracture resistance values and failure mode of weakened roots restored with cast post and core, fiber post and anatomical posts. In vitro studies, published in English, Portuguese and Spanish, that evaluated weakened roots restored with at least two of mentioned strategies were searched for in three databases MEDLINE, PubMed and Scopus until June 2017; there was no restriction regarding the publication year. Fracture resistance values were obtained, and the following comparisons: cast post and core vs. fiber post and vs. anatomical post and fiber post vs. anatomical post were performed. Meta-analyses were conducted using the random effects model to calculate the combined effect of the difference between the averages. Six articles were included in the study. There was no significant difference between the fracture resistance values, but more catastrophic failures were observed on cast post and core, and the included studies presented a low risk of bias for the most domains. It was concluded that weakened roots restored with the searched strategies seem to have similar fracture strength, but fiber and anatomic post decreases the possibility of catastrophic failure. (AU)

Este estudo avaliou os valores de resistência à fratura e modo de falha de raízes fragilizadas restauradas com núcleos metálicos fundidos, pinos de fibra de vidro e pinos anatômicos. Foram pesquisados estudos in vitro, publicados em inglês, português e espanhol, que avaliaram raízes fragilizadas restauradas com pelo menos duas das estratégias citadas, em três diferentes bases de dados MEDLINE, PubMed e Scopus até junho de 2017; não houve restrição quanto ao ano de publicação. Os valores de resistência à fratura foram obtidos, e as seguintes comparações foram feitas: núcleo metálico fundido vs. pino de fibra de vidro e vs. pino anatômico e pino de fibra de vidro vs. pino anatômico. Meta-análises foram realizadas utilizando o modelo de efeitos randômicos para calcular o efeito combinado da diferença entre as médias. Seis artigos foram incluídos no estudo. Não houve diferença significativa entre os valores de resistência à fratura, mas foram observadas mais falhas catastróficas nos núcleos metálicos fundidos, e os estudos incluídos apresentaram um baixo risco de viés para a maioria dos domínios. Pode-se concluir que raízes fragilizadas, restauradas com as estratégias pesquisadas, parecem ter semelhante resistência à fratura, porém os pinos anatômicos e de fibra de vidro diminuem as possibilidades de falha catastrófica (AU)