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Evaluation of dentition status and oral hygiene in Polish children and adolescents with congenital haemorrhagic diatheses
Author(s) -
MielnikBłaszczak M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-263x.1999.00112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , pediatrics , haemophilia , sick child , disease , dentition , von willebrand disease , dentistry , von willebrand factor , platelet
Summary.Aim . To investigate the dental status and oral cleanliness of a group of patients with haemorrhagic diatheses and to compare these to values for a group of healthy controls. Design . Cross‐sectional study of patients and controls. Methods . The group of patients was made up of 80 children aged 4–18 years. The total included 77 patients with type A or type B haemophilia and three with von Willebrand’s disease. The control group consisted of 80 healthy children of the same age range. A clinical examination was carried out to determine dental status and oral hygiene in the two groups. Results and conclusions . No significant differences were found between the dental status of sick and healthy children. However, worse dental status was seen in children with severe forms of haemophilia A and von Willebrand’s disease compared to other sick children. Oral hygiene status was worse in the sick children than in healthy children.