Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics

The relevance of tonsils lies not only in local but also in systemic immunity. One of the most common ailments afflicting the tonsils are palatine tonsilloliths (PT), dystrophic calcifications found in the tonsillar crypts. PT prevalence reports have been conducted for Caucasian and Asian patients,...

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Autores: Aragoneses, Juan Manuel, Suárez, Ana, Aragoneses, Javier, Brugal, Vanessa Arlette, Fernández Domínguez, Manuel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58675-3
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Palavra-chave:Ciencias Biomédicas
Epidemiology
Oral manifestations
Dominican Republic
Systemic immunity
32 Ciencias Médicas
3213.13 Ortodoncia-Estomatología
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spelling Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinicsAragoneses, Juan ManuelSuárez, AnaAragoneses, JavierBrugal, Vanessa ArletteFernández Domínguez, ManuelCiencias BiomédicasEpidemiologyOral manifestationsDominican RepublicSystemic immunity32 Ciencias Médicas3213.13 Ortodoncia-EstomatologíaThe relevance of tonsils lies not only in local but also in systemic immunity. One of the most common ailments afflicting the tonsils are palatine tonsilloliths (PT), dystrophic calcifications found in the tonsillar crypts. PT prevalence reports have been conducted for Caucasian and Asian patients, but not for black patients. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to gauge the prevalence of PT in patients who sought treatment at two university clinics in the Dominican Republic, and to analyze any links with the race of patients. Two hundred and nine consecutive patients attending the dental services of two clinics located in different cities in the Dominican Republic, from March 1 to April 30, 2019, were selected. Computed tomography scans of patients were evaluated for a PT diagnosis. Determined prevalence of PT in this population sample was 5.85%. A non-significant relationship between occurrence of PT and race or kind of health service utilized was found. Nonetheless, more white patients used private health clinics while more black patients used the public health system. Previous tonsillitis was the only factor showing a significant correlation with the occurrence of PT. Also, PT prevalence was significantly higher in patients under 40 years of age. General prevalence of PT was significantly lower than reported in previous studies involving other countries/races. Considering the limitations of this study, when comparing it to a previous similar study and taking into account the Asian- and Caucasian-centric results obtained, a race influence on prevalence of calcifications may be suggested. Despite our results showing no racial differences within the Dominican Republic, black patients appear to present a lower prevalence of PT than Caucasian and Asian patients.2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12020/1893https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58675-3reponame:Depósito Digital e-UCJCinstname:Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ucjc.edu:20.500.12020/18932026-05-27T07:36:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
title Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
spellingShingle Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
Aragoneses, Juan Manuel
Ciencias Biomédicas
Epidemiology
Oral manifestations
Dominican Republic
Systemic immunity
32 Ciencias Médicas
3213.13 Ortodoncia-Estomatología
title_short Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
title_full Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
title_fullStr Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
title_sort Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths in Dominican patients of varying social classes treated in university clinics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aragoneses, Juan Manuel
Suárez, Ana
Aragoneses, Javier
Brugal, Vanessa Arlette
Fernández Domínguez, Manuel
author Aragoneses, Juan Manuel
author_facet Aragoneses, Juan Manuel
Suárez, Ana
Aragoneses, Javier
Brugal, Vanessa Arlette
Fernández Domínguez, Manuel
author_role author
author2 Suárez, Ana
Aragoneses, Javier
Brugal, Vanessa Arlette
Fernández Domínguez, Manuel
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Biomédicas
Epidemiology
Oral manifestations
Dominican Republic
Systemic immunity
32 Ciencias Médicas
3213.13 Ortodoncia-Estomatología
topic Ciencias Biomédicas
Epidemiology
Oral manifestations
Dominican Republic
Systemic immunity
32 Ciencias Médicas
3213.13 Ortodoncia-Estomatología
description The relevance of tonsils lies not only in local but also in systemic immunity. One of the most common ailments afflicting the tonsils are palatine tonsilloliths (PT), dystrophic calcifications found in the tonsillar crypts. PT prevalence reports have been conducted for Caucasian and Asian patients, but not for black patients. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to gauge the prevalence of PT in patients who sought treatment at two university clinics in the Dominican Republic, and to analyze any links with the race of patients. Two hundred and nine consecutive patients attending the dental services of two clinics located in different cities in the Dominican Republic, from March 1 to April 30, 2019, were selected. Computed tomography scans of patients were evaluated for a PT diagnosis. Determined prevalence of PT in this population sample was 5.85%. A non-significant relationship between occurrence of PT and race or kind of health service utilized was found. Nonetheless, more white patients used private health clinics while more black patients used the public health system. Previous tonsillitis was the only factor showing a significant correlation with the occurrence of PT. Also, PT prevalence was significantly higher in patients under 40 years of age. General prevalence of PT was significantly lower than reported in previous studies involving other countries/races. Considering the limitations of this study, when comparing it to a previous similar study and taking into account the Asian- and Caucasian-centric results obtained, a race influence on prevalence of calcifications may be suggested. Despite our results showing no racial differences within the Dominican Republic, black patients appear to present a lower prevalence of PT than Caucasian and Asian patients.
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