Evaluation of the Association between Menstrual Cycle Irregularity and Dental Pain or Chewing Discomfort in Women before Menopause
- Authors
- Song, In-Seok; Ki, Eun Young; Han, Kyungdo; Ryu, Jae-Jun; Park, Jun-Beom
- Issue Date
- 4월-2019
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- epidemiology; mastication; menstrual cycle; nutrition surveys; oral health; toothache
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, v.8, no.4
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 4
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/66543
- DOI
- 10.3390/jcm8040454
- ISSN
- 2077-0383
- Abstract
- This study was performed to assess the relationship between menstrual irregularity and dental pain or chewing discomfort in women before menopause, using nationally representative data. This study analyzed 4595 participants who were 19 years or older, and did not have missing values for outcome variables from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Tooth pain was considered present if the participant felt throbbing discomfort, pain, or sensitivity when eating hot or cold food or drinking hot or cold beverages. Self-reported oral chewing discomfort was obtained. Adjusted odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals for tooth pain in the individuals with menstrual cycle irregularity were 1.30 (1.05, 1.62) after adjustment for age, body mass index, drinking, smoking, income, exercise, stress, metabolic syndrome, and the frequency of tooth brushing. Adjusted odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals for chewing discomfort in the individuals with menstrual cycle irregularity were 1.33 (1.03, 1.72) after adjustment. The association between menstrual irregularity and dental pain or chewing discomfort in women before menopause was provenafter adjusting for confounding factorsby multiple logistic regression analyses. Menstrual cycle irregularity may be considered a potential risk indicator for dental pain or chewing discomfort in Korean women before menopause.
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