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Oral health status in children with Down syndrome: A case-control study
7th Global Dentists and Pediatric Dentistry Annual Meeting
March 31- April 01, 2016 Valencia, Spain
Fethi Maatouk, Rabeb Bel Haj Salah, Amina Bakhrouf and Abdellatif Abid
University of Monastir, Tunisia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag
Abstract:
Down�??s syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. Literature review reported that periodontal disease was the most significant oral health problem observed in children with DS. Studies also showed lower rates of dental caries in these children according to some factors like hypodontia and delayed tooth eruption, bruxism and salivary characteristics. The objectives of our study were to: 1) Determine the oral health conditions of a group of individuals with Down syndrome and to compare them with a group of disabled children and a control group. 2) Compare the salivary parameters (notably the pH) between the 3 groups; 3) Look for a possible relation between the oral affections and the salivary characteristics in DS children. The present study which was conducted in Monastir (TUNISIA), involved 15 children in each group. Main oral health indicators were calculated according to WHO criteria (DMF, CPITN...). All data were analyzed using SPSS 11.0 for Windows and Chi square test was used to compare different percentages with the 5% level of significance. The findings revealed a high prevalence of periodontal affection in DS children (86.6%) while dental caries prevalence was lower in these children who never brush their teeth. The study of salivary pH showed more alkaline saliva in DS children. In conclusion a big effort must be done to prevent and treat prematurely the periodontal affections in children with DS. A preventive approach was very important to provide proper dental education to parents and to improve oral hygiene habits of children with DS by close monitoring and periodic dental check-ups.
Biography :
Email: fethimaatouk@yahoo.fr