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Home The association between bronchial asthma and dental caries in children of the...

The association between bronchial asthma and dental caries in children of the developmental age

Authors:

  • B. Wierchola
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
  • K. Emerich
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
  • B. Adamowicz-Klepalska
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

ABSTRACT


Aim

The aim of the study was to evaluate the dental caries experience of children suffering from bronchial asthma.

Methods

During the year 1998 a clinical dental examination was conducted in the northern part of Poland on children aged 3-15
years who had chronic bronchial asthma. The control group comprised 326 generally healthy children matched for age, sex and
socioeconomic status. Both the controls and those with bronchial asthma underwent an assessment of their oral health condition
measuring caries experience in both primary and permanent teeth using dmft/DMFT.

Results

At the ages of 10, 11 and 12 years a
statistically significant higher average dmft values were observed in the children suffering from bronchial asthma as compared with their
peers in the control group. In permanent dentition, the DMFT figures were significantly higher at 13 years of age with a value of 6.76
observed in asthmatic subjects compared with 5.06 in the controls.

Conclusion

Children suffering from bronchial asthma appear to
be at higher caries risk and should be provided with particularly intensive preventive dental programmes.

PLUMX METRICS

Publication date:

September /2006

Keywords:

bronchial asthma, children, dmft/dmft

Issue:

Vol.7 – n.3/2006

Page:

142 – 145

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: B. Wierchola, K. Emerich, B. Adamowicz-Klepalska (2006) "The association between bronchial asthma and dental caries in children of the developmental age", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 7(3), pp142-145. doi:
Vancouver: B. Wierchola, K. Emerich, B. Adamowicz-Klepalska. The association between bronchial asthma and dental caries in children of the developmental age. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2006Sep.1 [cited 2023Feb.03];7(3):142-145. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/the-association-between-bronchial-asthma-and-dental-caries-in-children-of-the-developmental-age/
MLA: B. Wierchola, K. Emerich, B. Adamowicz-Klepalska The association between bronchial asthma and dental caries in children of the developmental age. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2006;7(3):142-145

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