Prevalence of Tooth Wear and Its Association with Oral Health-related Quality of Life

NCT06665191 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 1441991
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,011
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to detect the prevalence of tooth wear (All forms of cumulative surface loss of mineralized tooth substance loss due to physical and chemico-mechanical process according to the definition of the European Organization for Caries Research (ORCA) and the International Cariology Research Group for Dental Research (IADR) i.e.: attrition, erosion and abrasion) among middle aged adult patients attending educational hospital at the Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University and to analyze the distribution of lesions by gender and age, frequency of acidic foods and drinks consumption, medicine usage, chewing habits, systemic diseases, tooth brushing habits, and family socio economic status. Moreover, to evaluate the quality of life among middle aged elderly patients in relation to existence of tooth wear. The study focuses on middle-aged adult patients (31-45 years) attending the Faculty of Dentistry at Cairo University during 2025-2026. It is an analytical cross-sectional study aimed at assessing the prevalence and risk level of tooth wear using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination Index (BEWE). The BEWE categorizes tooth wear into four levels (0 = no wear, 3 = severe wear), and risk levels are determined by the cumulative score. Primary outcome: the prevalence of tooth wear and associated risk levels. Secondary outcomes: identifying predictive risk factors and assessing the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) for patients diagnosed with tooth wear. All participants will be examined, and those with a BEWE score above 0 will be considered affected. Risk levels will be stratified as no risk, low, medium, or high.

Conditions

Tooth Wear; Attrition; Erosion

Keywords

Tooth wear; attrition; BEWE; Basic erosive wear examination; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence and risk level of tooth wear

  Prevalence of wear will be tested using Basic erosive wear examination index (BEWE) 0 =no tooth wear 1. =minimal loss of surface texture 2. = distinct defect, hard tissue loss \<50% of the surface area 3. = hard tissue loss ≥ 50% of the surface area The examination is repeated for all teeth in a sextant but only the surface with the highest score is recorded for each sextant. To calculate prevalence Examined participants with score 0 will represent unaffected population % Examined participants with scores above 0 will represent the affected population % Stratification of risk levels will be done for affected population according to BEWE risk levels. The sum of the scores is calculated to provide the BEWE risk level (0-14) 0-2 = no risk 3-8= low risk 9-13= medium risk 14= high risk

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• • Predictive risk factors for all participants using a questionnaire

  1year

• Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) using a questionnaire

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Middle aged Adults NOT suffering from dental wear

Middle aged Adults NOT suffering from dental wear attending dental educational hospital in Cairo University

Middle aged adults Suffering from dental wear

Middle aged adults Suffering from dental wear attending dental educational hospital in Cairo University

Other: No Intervention: Observational study for prevalence of dental wear and its association with quality of life

Interventions

No Intervention: Observational study for prevalence of dental wear and its association with quality of life OTHER

not applicable as it is an observational study testing the prevalence of dental wear in patients attending Cairo University

Middle aged adults Suffering from dental wear

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 31 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Middle aged adult patient attending educational hospital for dental treatments free of charfge

You may qualify if:

• Patients whose age between 31 to 45 years old. 2- Egyptian 3- Males \&amp; Females 4- Provide informed consent 5- Ability to comprehend asked questions

You may not qualify if:

• Patients under or over the selected age group 2- Patients using fixed orthodontic appliances, 3- Patients with special needs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tooth Wear

Interventions

Quality of Life

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Status; Demography; Epidemiologic Measurements; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

omnia Abdellatif omnia Abdellatif Amin, MSC. degree

CONTACT

+2 01272512839; omnia.abdellatif@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2024
• First Posted: October 30, 2024
• Study Start: February 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Last Updated: October 30, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10