1. Tongue coating in relationship to gender, plaque, gingivitis and tongue cleaning behaviour in systemically healthy young adults
- Author
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Fridus van der Weijden, Eveline van der Sluijs, N.L. Hennequin-Hoenderdos, Dagmar E. Slot, Laura M Van Gils, Periodontology, and Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam
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Male ,Plaque index ,Dental Plaque ,Dentistry ,Oral hygiene ,Tongue surface ,plaque ,03 medical and health sciences ,Gingivitis ,Young Adult ,cross‐sectional study ,0302 clinical medicine ,Tongue ,oral hygiene behaviour ,tongue coating thickness ,Medicine ,Humans ,Dentistry (miscellaneous) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,tongue surface discoloration ,business.industry ,Dental Plaque Index ,030206 dentistry ,Original Articles ,bleeding ,Tongue cleaning ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Original Article ,Tongue coating ,medicine.symptom ,Periodontal Index ,business - Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this observational study was to investigate the relationship between tongue coating (thickness [Tc] and surface discoloration [Td]) and gender, plaque, gingivitis (bleeding on marginal probing [BOMP] and bleeding on pocket probing [BOPP]) and tongue cleaning behaviour. Materials and Methods: A total of 336 participants were screened for this cross-sectional study, from which 268 (150 male, 118 female) were found to be eligible. Aspects of tongue coating were visually assessed. Additionally, BOMP, BOPP and the plaque index (PI) were scored. To ascertain the tongue cleaning behaviour, the Oral Hygiene Behavior questionnaire was used. Results: Most tongue coating was found at the posterior sections of the tongue surface. A thin coating and white discoloration were most prevalent as highest score for both males (92.7%) and females (87.4%), as well as white discoloration for the whole group of participants (50.2%). A gender difference was observed for TC and Td (P
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- 2020