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Selected salivary constituents among 16-18 years patients with β thalassemia major in relation to oral diseases | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-127 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammed Al-Casey; Hanaa S Al-Jobouri | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTBackground: Thalassemias constitute a form of anemia that has clear problems in relation to oral health.The purposeof this study was to investigate the occurrence and severity of dental caries among patients with beta-thalassemiamajor in relation to salivary physicochemical characteristic and to compare results with healthy subjects.Materials and Method: 41 β-thalassemia major patients (31 male, 10 female) and 41 healthy control subjectsmatching in age and gender the β-thalassemia patients were examined using the decayed, missing, and filledsurfaces (DMFS) index. Oral health status was recorded by application of plaque index (PlI), gingival index (GI) andcalculus index (Cal I). Stimulated salivary samples were collected for the determination of salivary flow rate and pHof saliva in addition to the determination of concentration of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.Results: results showed that β-thalassemia group had higher (DMFS), plaque, gingival, calculus, and phosphorusvalues as compared to control group, while β-thalassemia group had lower salivary flow rate, pH, calcium andmagnesium values compared to control group with statistically highly significant differences. A negative significantcorrelation was found between DMFS with salivary pH and flow rate (p<0.05). A negative highly significant correlationwas found between salivary constituents (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium) and DMFS (p<0.01).Conclusion: Patients with β- thalassemia major showed highly significant differences in dental and periodontaldiseases as compared to control group and therefore a special preventive program needed for this target group.Key words: β-thalassemia, salivary constituents, dental diseases. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2011;23(124-127). | ||
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