Salud Bucal y Manejo Dental

Abstracto

Assessment of Oral Health Status in a Group of Asthmatic Children

Fathi Abdulraqep Qasem, Salwa Mohamed Awad, Hanaa Mahmoud Shalan, Tarek El- Desoky

The oral health status of children affected by asthma due change in natural environment of the oral cavity. Aim of this study to evaluate clinically the effect of asthma on oral health as dental caries, gingivitis, and dental erosion. Present study conducted on 55 asthmatic children age range from 7-11 years from (ACIRU) Allergy Clinical Immunology and Respiratory Unit, Mansoura University, Children Hospital, compared with 55 non-asthmatic children by intraoral examination for dmft, DMFT, gingivitis, dental erosion. The results Non-asthmatic children group showed less mean values in when compared with asthmatic children group with no statistical significance difference in dmft. However, DMFT showed less mean values in asthmatic children group when compared with non-asthmatic children group with no statistical significance in both gender when significant difference calculated by U- test. Conclusion: This study proves a relation of asthma and incidence of dmft, DMFT, gingivitis, and dental erosion in both genders.