Under stress, organisms might present corresponding physical responses in order to adapt to the situation however, metnal stress would have detrimental effects when it remains constant 5, 6. The prevalence of symptomatic mental stress varies from 2.0 to 37.4% in military personnel worldwide 1, 2, 3, 4. Psychological stress is often present in military personnel, who have to take multiple deployments, heavy training, and responsibility 1. Our study recommended that decayed teeth instead of localized periodontitis, was a risk factor for mental stress in young adults. In contrast, the correlation between BSRS-5 and localized severer periodontitis was null. Those who had more than two decayed teeth had a higher risk of symptomatic mental stress. The BSRS-5 was positively correlated with decayed tooth numbers. Multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to determine the associations of decayed tooth numbers and periodontitis with BSRS-5, with adjustments for age, sex, education level, physical activity, body weight category and smoking status.
Those with symptomatic mental stress were defined as having BSRS-5 > 5 (n = 34). Mental stress was assessed by the brief symptom rating scale-5 (BSRS-5), including five domains: anxiety, depression, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity and insomnia (maximum score of 20). This study included 334 military recruiters, aged 19–45 years in Taiwan. This study aimed to examine the associations of decayed teeth and localized periodontitis with mental stress in young adults. However, the associations for young adults were not clear.
The associations of mental stress with decayed teeth in children and periodontitis in old-aged adults have been described.
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