Prevalence of Dental Caries Among School-Aged Children with Cardiac Diseases: ICDAS and Microbiological Parameters | ||
| Al-Azhar Journal of Dental Science | ||
| Article 2, Volume 25, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 195-201 PDF (511.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajdsm.2021.81185.1206 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammad Said Abu Samada* 1; samy youssef El Bayoumy2; Alaa Al Deen Abdalla Mohamed Ismai3; Amany Mohamed Tawfik4 | ||
| 1Alazhar university | ||
| 2Pedodontics and Oral Health. , Faculty of Dental Medicine Al-Azhar University, Boys, Cairo. | ||
| 3Department of Pedodontics and Oral Health Faculty of Dental Medicine, Boys, Cairo Al-Azhar University | ||
| 4Immunology and Microbiology department, Faculty of Medicine (Girls, Cairo), Al-Azhar University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Objective: Prevalence of tooth decay among school-aged children especially with the medically compromised one makes it one of the major public health. Therefore, this study was directed to detect the prevalence of carious lesions among children and young adults with cardiac diseases using the newly developed International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). Subjects and methods: Egyptian children and young adults aged between 5-16 years were registered for this study. A total of four hundred subjects were selected according to previously designed criteria’s and then divided into the control healthy group and cardiac disease group. Results: The results of the ICDAS assessment exhibited a statistically higher caries prevalence among subjects with cardiac diseases with statistically higher dentine defects. However, the results of the microbiological analysis showed a statistically significant increase in the Streptococcus mutants and Lactobacilli bacterial count in subjects with cardiac diseases. Conclusion: school-aged children with cardiac diseases showed a higher prevalence in tooth decay and Streptococcus mutants and Lactobacilli count when compared to the control group. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cardiac disease; Dental caries; Microbiology; ICDAS | ||
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