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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 57. No. 3., 2018.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.03.15

Socioeconomic Influence of Tobacco Use and Dental Caries Experience in Different Male Croatian Populations

Tomislav Badel ; Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Savić Pavičin orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5210-1765 ; Department of Dental Anthropology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Bašić ; Department of Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Bašić Kes ; Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

The purpose was to evaluate dental caries experience in different male subpopulations of Croatian Army recruits and dental students, and subsequently, smoking habits related to the level of education and place of residence. Croatian army recruits (n=248; mean age 20.2) and male dental students (n=56; mean age 21.5) were evaluated according to DMFT and FST indices, divided according to age and place of residence, and interviewed about their dietary habits and smoking of tobacco. In the subpopulation of recruits, the median value of DMFT was 6 and of FST index 25. A statistically significant difference was recorded between DT and FST index (p<0.05) according to dietary role of carbohydrates reflected in caries development. The number of recruits with finished elementary school coming from a rural area who smoked (in total 57.66% of smokers) was significantly larger (p=0.0041). In dental students, the median value of DMFT was 5, with statistical significance in comparison with recruits (p=0.03). There was a difference in FST index (median 28) (p<0.0001). Students were mostly nonsmokers (71.43%) and had urban residence (p<0.0001). FST index was a more specific indicator in the socioeconomically heterogeneous sample of recruits (more subjects coming from rural areas and with a lower level of education) than in the sample of dental students (more subjects coming from urban areas).

Keywords

Dental caries; Prevalence; Tobacco smoking; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

216147

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216147

Publication date:

1.9.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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