Abstract
To investigate the association of the oral health parameters with Meniere’s disease in a nationwide population-based longitudinal cohort database. The data of the participants who underwent an oral health screening by dentists in 2003 (n = 2,415,963) were retrieved from the National Health Insurance Database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service. The main outcome was the occurrence of Meniere’s disease, defined as two or more claims of the diagnostic code H810 with a previous audiometric examination. The occurrence of Meniere’s disease was analyzed using a Cox proportional hazard model according to the presence of periodontitis and the oral health examination findings, including missing teeth, the frequency of tooth brushing and dental scaling. Overall, the analysis included 2,240,282 participants. During a median follow-up of 16.7 years, Meniere’s disease developed in 112,106 (5.0%) participants. Poor oral health status was characterized by the presence of periodontitis (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14–1.22, p < 0.001) and an increased number of missing teeth (≥15; aHR: 1.25, 95% CI: 1.18–1.32, p < 0.001) was associated with an increased risk of Meniere’s disease. Better oral hygiene behaviors, such as frequent tooth brushing (≥3 per day; aHR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.73–0.76, p < 0.001) and dental scaling within 1 year (aHR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.97–0.99, p = 0.003) were negatively associated with the occurrence of Meniere’s disease. The presence of periodontitis and an increased number of missing teeth may augment the risk of the occurrence of Meniere’s disease. However, maintaining good oral hygiene through tooth brushing and dental scaling may be associated with a decreased risk of Meniere’s disease. Further studies should confirm the association between oral health and Meniere’s disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 80 |
| Journal | Journal of Personalized Medicine |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was supported by a grant from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1F1A1048113 to TJS). This work was supported by the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) and a grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No.2022-0-00621 to TJS, Development of artificial intelligence technology that provides dialog-based multi-modal explainability). This research was supported by a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI22C073600 to TJS). This project was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Korean government (2020R1A2C4001842 to J-WK). This research was also supported by the Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine (KFRM) grant funded by the Korea government (the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Health & Welfare). (21C0712L1-11). The funding source had no role in the design, conduct or reporting of the study.
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Keywords
- Meniere’s disease
- oral hygiene
- periodontitis
- tooth brushing