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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 74 No. 3, 2020.

Original scientific paper

DENTAL STATUS OF NON-CONTACT SPORTS ATHLETES

ELENA KAZANKOVA ; Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, Irkutsk Medical State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
OKSANA TIRSKAYA ; Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, Irkutsk Medical State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
NATALIA BOLSHEDVORSKAYA ; Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, Irkutsk Medical State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
VLADIMIR GAZINSKY ; Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Irkutsk Medical State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
IGOR ALYOSHKIN ; Department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Irkutsk Medical State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

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Abstract

The relationship between dental status of athletes involved in non-contact power sports and their professional level was studied. Data on 60 young men were analyzed, divided into three groups: group 1 (n=20) included non-professional athletes, group 2 (n=20) professionals, and group 3 (control, n=20) men, not engaged in sports. The examination included interviewing and determining dental status, as follows: caries intensity (KPI index (h)), oral hygiene status (OHI-S scale), periodontal status (PBI, PMA, PI indices), microvasculature status (V.I. Kulazhenko test) and viscosity of mixed saliva (according to T.L. Redinova and A.R. Pozdeev). In professional athletes, compared with amateurs, more pronounced deviations of dental status were revealed, i.e. by the PMA index 1.7 times, by the bleeding index (PBI) 1.2 times, by the PI index 1.2 times, and by Kulazhenko sample 1.2 times (p<0.05); saliva viscosity after training was 1.3 times higher than that of non-professionals (p<0.05), which could be associated with intense physical and psycho-emotional stress and consequential impairment of the water-electrolyte metabolism. Non-contact sports athletes demonstrated low alertness regarding the occurrence of dental pathology, and there was a high degree of dental status disorders.

Keywords

dental status; periodontal status; athletes; saliva viscosity; strength sports

Hrčak ID:

245736

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/245736

Publication date:

6.11.2020.

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