Oral health in patients with cystic fibrosis
Braz. j. oral sci
;
17: e18160, 2018. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-970564
ABSTRACT
The oral health in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is not well studied. Aim:
In this context, we describe the frequency of dental problems and performed the description of plaque index and gingival index in patients with CF.Methods:
We performed a descriptive study about oral health enrolling 94 patients with CF.Results:
The CF diagnosis was done considering the sweat test with chloride values ≥ 60 mmol/L. The permanent dentition was predominant in 57/94 (60.64%) patients with CF 28/57 (49.12%) caries, 57/57 (100%) filled teeth and 1/57 (1.75%) missing tooth. Deciduous teeth occurred in 37/94 (39.36%) patients with CF 22/37 (59.46%) carious, 29/37 (78.38%) exfoliated teeth, 20/37 (54.05%) filled teeth. Also, the plaque index and gingival index had scored less than one in many cases (≥ 50% of the cases).Conclusions:
Patients with CF showed oral health problems with prevalence comparable to that of the normal population and low values in the plaque index and gingival index
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Periodontal Index
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Dental Plaque Index
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Oral Health
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Dental Caries
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. oral sci
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Boldrini Children's Center/BR
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University of Campinas/BR
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