Effect of beverages and fluoride releasing dental materials on microhardness of enamel surfaces
Date
2014
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Al-Amoudi, Rana Abdullah Saleh
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OA Version
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Abstract
PURPOSE: The present study is to investigate the effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus on dentition and oral health for children and adolescents.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The investigation was carried out on 40 subjects. The first group consisted of 20 subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus (8 females, 12 males), age 11 ± 3 years; In the second group, there were 20 healthy subjects who did not suffer from any systemic disease (11 females, 9 males), age 9 ± 3 years. The subjects were evaluated and divided into two groups of 4 - 9 years old, and 10 - 18 years old. The dentition of all participants was examined. Besides, the DFS/dfs index, oral hygiene conditions were evaluated, as well as the plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), calculus index (CI), bleeding on probing (BOP), and percent site of gingivitis. The data obtained from each group were compared statistically.
RESULTS: When compared to the non-diabetic group, we observed that dental development was accelerated until the age of 10 in the diabetic group, and then eruption was in the same level after the age of 10. Localized gingivitis sites was 100% in the group of 4 - 9 year-old, and 93% in the group of 10 - 18 year-old with type 1 diabetes mellitus. In addition, generalized gingivitis started to show more in the group of 10 - 18 year-old. There were more caries and missed teeth due to caries in the control group. The GI, CI, and percent sites of gingivitis values showed an increase with aging in favor of the group with type I diabetes mellitus. However, PI and BOP were more in the younger age group. There was statistically significant difference in the percent sites of gingivitis between the control and type 1 diabetes mellitus groups (p [less than] 0.001). In general the poorly controlled diabetics expressed more badly dental manifestation than the good - moderate control and the healthy groups.
CONCLUSION: The findings we obtained showed that type 1 diabetes mellitus plays an important part in the dentition and oral health of children and adolescents with mush worse dental manifestation in the poorly controlled diabetics.
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Dissertation (DScD) --Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 2014 (Department of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials).
Includes bibliography: leaves 70-76.
Dissertation (DScD) --Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 2014 (Department of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials).
Includes bibliography: leaves 70-76.
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