Relationship between Severe Early Childhood Caries and dental development
Ebru Hazar Bodrumlu, Levent Demiriz, Sadik Toprak
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Ebru Hazar Bodrumlu, Levent Demiriz, Sadik Toprak | Yıl: 2018 | Dergi/Kurum: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY | İndeks: WOS.SCI | DOI: 10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.02.11 | Anahtar Kelimeler: Dental age, Dental development, Severe early childhood caries — Özet: Aim Severe e
Aim Severe early childhood canes (sECC) is a public health problem that continues to affect infants and preschool children worlds vide. Knowledge of the changes in dental development is important for paediatric dentists in order to determine a treatment plan. The aim of this study was to investigate dental development in children with sECC, compared to age and gender-matched controls, by calculating the dental age (DA).
Materials and methods A total of 300 children (144 females, 156 males) with sECC aged 5 years were studied and compared with 300 control subjects (caries-free), case-matched for gender and age. The dental development was assessed using the DA estimation method of Demirjian et al. [1973], and data were statistically analysed using a 2-sided t test and chi-squared test.
Results The mean differences between the DA and chronological age (CA) in the sECC females and males were 0.67 +/- 0.6 years and 0.98 +/- 0.6 years, respectively, whereas the results of the case controls were 1.44 +/- 08 years for the females and 1.57 +/- 0.6 years for the males. The differences between the sECC and case control groups were significant for both genders (p<0.001).
Conclusion Children with severe early childhood caries have lower rates of dental development when compared to normal children.