Oral health experiences of Turkish children with acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease

Authors : Aslı SOĞUKPINAR ONSUREN, Ufuk Utku GÜLLÜ, Sevcan İPEK

Pages : 28-34

Doi:10.26650/eor.2022868100

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Publication Date : 2022-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: Children with acute rheumatic fever insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ARF); or using depot-penicillin because of rheumatic heart disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RHD); are prone to the risk of infective endocarditis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IE); and poor oral hygiene. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate oral health experiences of a group of healthy children and a group of children with ARF or who were using depot-penicillin because of RHD insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(study group);. Material and methods: Medical and dental data of 86 children aged between 5-12 years were investigated in this study. Medical histories, decayed, missing, and filled teeth, plaque index, gingival index, toothbrushing frequencies, and the study and healthy groups’ socioeconomic levels were recruited and examined. Results: The ‘dmft’ of the study and healthy groups were found to be 5.51 ± 3.81 and 2.37 ± 2.31, respectively, while the ‘DMFT’ of the study and healthy groups were 1.71 ± 2.28 and 1.06 ± 1.59, respectively. There was no significant difference between the gingival indexes of the study group 0.89 ± 0.39 and the healthy group 0.62 ± 1.03 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.112);. Nevertheless, the groups significantly differed regarding the plaque index, which were 0.87 ± 0.40 and 0.45 ± 0.41, respectively insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. The tooth brushing frequencies in the study and healthy groups being twice a day or more were 23.3% and 46.5%, respectively. Conclusion: The children with ARF or using depot-penicillin because of RHD had more permanent and primary tooth caries and poorer oral health than the healthy group in this study.
Keywords : acute rheumatic fever, dental caries, cardiac disease, rheumatic heart disease, oral health