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Salivary Flow Rate / Salivary PH Effect on Dental Caries Experience Among 5 Years Passive Smokers Children in Ramadi City / Iraq | ||
| Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences | ||
| Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2024, Pages 427-432 PDF (279.67 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/tjds.12.2.18 | ||
| Author | ||
| Aseel Taha Khaudhair* | ||
| Department of pediatric dentistry, College of Dentistry, Tikrit Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background The most common oral condition affecting people of all ages is dental caries. Smoking tobacco has a number of detrimental impacts on the oral cavity, such as dental caries and periodontal disease. Additionally, many studies revealed that the prevalence of caries increase in the study group than in the control group. Aim of study This study was carried out in Ramadi, Iraq, among five-year-old passive smokers children to predict the association between caries and salivary pH and flow rate. Method In this study, 60 kindergarten children (28 girls and 32 boys) were examined. The comparison between the 30 passive smoking children and the 30 control children was done. According to the decayed, missing, and filling Surface index (dmfs index for primary teeth) criteria, caries experience was identified and reported according to (WHO, 2013). In order to measure salivary flow rate and pH, stimulated salivary samples were taken from samples. Result Children who are passive smokers have higher rates of dental caries, higher salivary flow rates than study groups despite statistically insignificant differences, and higher salivary pH levels than control groups despite highly statistically significant differences between these two groups. Conclusion This study concluded that children who are passive smokers are more prone to have dental caries. Caries experience did not significantly positively correlate with salivary flow rate or pH. Children who are passive smokers have decreased salivary flow rates and pH levels, which increases their risk of developing caries. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Salivary flow rate smoking salivary PH d | ||
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