Factors Associated with the Caregivers' Perception of the Oral Health of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy

Abstract Objective: To evaluate factors associated with the caregivers' perception of the oral health of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 80 children and adolescents with cerebral palsy aged 2-18 years, registered at a reference institution and their respective caregivers. Caregivers provided socioeconomic, systemic and health perception and access to dental services data. A calibrated researcher (Kappa=0.75-0.98) performed oral examinations using DMF-T, dmf-t, dental trauma, gingival bleeding index, community periodontal index, malocclusion index and the dental aesthetic index. The Poisson Regression was used (α=0.05) Results: According to the caregivers' perception, the oral health reports of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy considered good and poor was 73.8% and 26.3%, respectively. The poor oral health perception is associated with the presence of dental caries in anterior teeth (PR 1.34, 95% CI=1.11-1.63) and bleeding during tooth brushing (PR 1.20, 95% CI=1.04-1.40) Conclusion: Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy who presented lesions of caries in the anterior teeth and gingival bleeding during tooth brushing, more frequently, had poor oral health by their caregivers.

Abordagem sistêmica do pênfigo vulgar com acometimento oral / Systemic approach of the vulgar penfigure with oral accomplishment

O termo "pênfigo" remete a um grupo de doenças autoimunes raras, caracterizadas pela formação de bolhas, que afetam o epitélio escamoso estratificado da pele, mucosa ou ambos. Cinco tipos principais de pênfigo foram descritos: vulgar (PV), vegetante, eritematoso, foliáceo e paraneoplásico. O PV é a variante mais comum e frequentemente acomete a mucosa oral. Este artigo relata um caso de Pênfigo Vulgar, com acometimento da mucosa oral e com 10 anos de evolução. Paciente de gênero masculino, 70 anos, procurou o serviço, queixando-se de úlceras na mucosa que causavam ardência e não cicatrizavam. Foi realizada uma biópsia incisional da lesão e, após exame histopatológico, estabelecido o diagnóstico de PV, sendo instituído um regime terapêutico com 60 mg de prednisona por via oral, até a remissão dos sintomas. O PV é uma doença sistêmica de caráter imunológico, de grande importância para a odontologia, tendo em vista que geralmente as manifestações orais antecedem as sistêmicas. Essa doença não tem cura, mas pode ser controlada, como no referido caso. Embora o diagnóstico nesse caso não tenha sido precoce, o prognóstico foi favorável... (AU)

The term "pemphigus" refers to a group of rare autoimmune diseases, characterized by the formation of blisters that affect the squamous epithelium stratified of the skin, oral mucosa or both. Five main types of pemphigus were described: pemphigus vulgaris (PV), vegetative, erythematous, foliaceous and paraneoplastic pemphigus. PV is a more common variant and often affects an oral mucosa. This article reports a case of Pemphigus vulgaris, with involvement of the oral mucosa and 10 years of evolution. A male patient, 70 years old, sought the service complaining of ulcers in the mucosa that caused burning and did not heal. An incisional biopsy of the lesion was performed and after histopathological examination, the diagnosis of PV was established, a therapeutic regimen with oral prednisone 60 mg was instituted util remission of symptoms. PV is a systemic disease of immunological character that has great importance for dentistry, since oral manifestations usually precede the systemic ones. This disease has no cure, can be controlled, as in this case, although the diagnosis in this case was not early, the prognosis was favorable... (AU)