Prevalence and Risk Profile of Dental Erosion in Endurance Athletes

• Conditions: Oral Health; K03.2; Erosion of teeth

• Registration Number: DRKS00004951
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2013-01-31
• Study Start: 2013-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Test group:

- subjects are older than 18 years
- written informed consent
- German langage
- subjects are practicing endurance training of more than 5 h per week
- subjects do not have restrictions that prevent oral hygiene

Control group:

- subjects are older than 18 years
- written informed consent
- German langage
- subjects are doing no sport activities or practicing training of less than 5 h per week
- subjects do not have restrictions that prevent oral hygiene

Exclusion Criteria

testgroup:

- adolescents below the age of 18
- no written informed consent
- endurance training less than 5h/week
- dentists or dental staff
- subjects with disabilities that prevent oral hygiene
- signs of neglected oral hygene
- pregnancy
- brest feeding

controlgroup:

- adolescents below the age of 18
- no wirtten informed consent
- dentists or dental staff
- subjects with disabilities that prevent oral hygiene
- signs of neglected oral hygene
- pregnancy
- brest feeding

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Prevalence of dental erosion in test and control group<br>- Oral lokalisdation of dental erosion in test and control group<br>-Saliva diagnostics (stimulated & unstimulated flow rate in mL/min)<br><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Saliva Parameters in test and control group-(buffering capacity, pH)<br>