Prevalence of Tooth Wear and Its Association with Oral Health-related Quality of Life
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: No Intervention: Observational study for prevalence of dental wear and its association with quality of life.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Tooth Wear, Attrition, Erosion. Basic parameters: 31 years — 45 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Prevalence of Tooth Wear, Predictive Risk Factors and Its Association with Oral Health-related Quality of Life Among Middle -aged Adult Patients Attending Dental Educational Hospital At Cairo University: Cross-sectional Study
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Other No Intervention: Observational study for prevalence of dental wear and its association with quality of life
not applicable as it is an observational study testing the prevalence of dental wear in patients attending Cairo University
Primary outcome measures
- Prevalence and risk level of tooth wear [Time frame: 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- • Predictive risk factors for all participants using a questionnaire [Time frame: 1year]
- Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) using a questionnaire [Time frame: 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 1- Patients whose age between 31 to 45 years old. 2- Egyptian 3- Males \& Females 4- Provide informed consent 5- Ability to comprehend asked questions
Exclusion criteria
- 1- Patients under or over the selected age group 2- Patients using fixed orthodontic appliances, 3- Patients with special needs
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Ecologic or community
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06665191 · 1441991