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This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between dental symptoms experienced by occupational divers during diving and their participation in preventative dental visits. The questionnaire for this study was sent by post to 160 establishments and 215 members of the Japan Diving Association and participants were asked to complete a self-reported questionnaire. Data from 242 occupational divers (male, aged 20-79 yr) were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression analysis and correspondence analysis were performed to determine the relationship between dental symptoms experienced during diving and participation in preventative dental visits. We found that divers who experienced tooth pain while diving had not undergone preventative dental visits within the previous year (odds ratio: 2.76, 95% confidence interval: 1.12-6.80). This was also confirmed by correspondence analysis These findings suggested that not undergoing preventative dental visits was related to tooth pain during diving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The aim was to assess subjective oral health symptoms and job stress, as measured by self-assessment of how demanding the job is, in male financial workers. Methods: The participants were recruited by applying screening procedures to a pool of Japanese registrants in an online database. For the stress check, 7 items about how demanding the job is were selected from The Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ). Participants comprised a total of 950 financial male workers, ages 25 to 64. Results: Participants who answered "I can't complete my work in the required time" had more decayed teeth (p = 0.010). Participants who felt that their job is highly demanding (answered affirmatively to 6 or all 7 items) were more likely to report "often get food stuck between teeth" (p = 0.030), "there are some foods I can't eat" (p = 0.005), "bad breath" (p = 0.032), and "jaw makes clicking sound" (p = 0.032). The independent variable of total stress score of 24 - 28 was found to be correlated to at least three oral health symptoms (OR: 3.25; 95%CI: 1.66 - 6.35). Conclusion: These results indicate that certain job stress factors are associated with certain oral health symptoms, and that oral health symptoms are likely predictors of job stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This cross-sectional study was conducted to examine tooth loss and associated factors among professional drivers and white-collar workers. The participants were recruited by applying screening procedures to a pool of Japanese registrants in an online database. The participants were asked to complete a self-reported questionnaire. A total of 592 professional drivers and 328 white-collar workers (male, aged 30 to 69 years) were analyzed. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify differences between professional drivers and white-collar workers. The results showed that professional drivers had fewer teeth than white-collar workers (odds ratio [OR], 1.74; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.150 - 2.625). Moreover, a second multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that several factors were associated with the number of teeth among professional drivers: diabetes mellitus (OR, 2.68; 95% CI, 1.388 - 5.173), duration of brushing teeth (OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.066 - 2.572), frequency of eating breakfast (OR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.416 - 3.513), frequency of eating out (OR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.086 - 2.671) and smoking status (OR, 2.88; 95% CI, 1.388 - 5.964). These findings suggest that the lifestyles of professional drivers could be related to not only their general health status, but also tooth loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]