Conditions of mouth status and oral cancer in smokers / Condições orais e câncer de boca em fumantes

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The aim of this study was to assess the hypothesis that conditions of mouth status (the use of dentures, recurrent sores by ill-fitting dentures or ill-positioned or broken teeth, frequent intake of hot beverages and irregular or infrequent tooth brushing) may interact with tobacco, alcohol, diet and socioeconomic status in the carcinogenesis of oral cancer. We performed a hospital-based ("Hospital das Clínicas", School of Medicine, University of São Paulo) case-control study comprising 124 patients (22 women and 102 men) with oral cancer, and the same number of controls without previous or current experience of cancer and with treatment needs unrelated to mouth status. Patients in the case group presented tumors at different sites of the mouth: cheek mucosa (5), retromolar area (6), lower lip, inner aspect (10), gum (11), palate (17), floor of mouth (27) and tongue (48). The selection of controls observed the concurrent pairing for gender and age (± five years) with cases, and matching by frequency by smoking status: current or former smokers (never-smokers were not included in the study). All participants responded a detailed questionnaire on socio-demographic characteristics, patterns of alcohol and tobacco consumption, dietary habits and information on conditions of mouth status. Data analysis used multivariate models of conditional logistic regression, observing a hierarchical structure of levels of determination. As a result of this analytical scheme, the use of dentures was reported as not associated with the adjusted odds of mouth cancer (p=0.090). When adjusted by covariates on smoking, alcohol drinking and diet, the association of recurrent sores caused by ill-fitting dentures with the odds of mouth cancer was significant (p=0.007). However, recurrent sores by defective teeth were not indicated as a significant contributing factor for the odds of oral cancer in smokers. The association between mouth cancer and the frequent intake of hot beverage was assessed at the threshold of significance (p=0.050). Recurrent oral sores due to ill-fitting dentures may be a contributing factor for the carcinogenesis of mouth neoplasms in smokers; and this result is unlikely to be due to insufficient control of covariates.

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estudos de casos e controles prótese dentária case-control studies dental prosthesis neoplasias bucais escovação dentária toothbrushing mouth neoplasms

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