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Oral health of children and adolescents with mucopolysaccharidosis and mother's Sense of Coherence
Author(s) -
Ruy Carneiro Natália Cristina,
Duda Deps Tahyná,
Campos França Esdras,
Ribeiro Valadares Eugênia,
Almeida Pordeus Isabela,
BorgesOliveira Ana Cristina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12238
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , oral health , mucopolysaccharidosis , cross sectional study , dentistry , pediatrics , pathology
Aims The purpose of this study is assess the association between mother's Sense of Coherence (SOC) and the oral health status of children with and without mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). Methods A cross‐sectional study was carried out with 29 children/adolescents with MPS and 29 children/adolescents without MPS, and their mothers in Brazil. Mothers completed the Antonovsky's SOC instrument (SOC‐13) and their children's oral cavity had been examined for developmental defects of enamel (DDE), occlusal problems, dental caries (DMFT/dmft) and oral hygiene. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais . Results Mothers of children with MPS had lower SOC scores (mean: 33.3 [±4.0]) compared with mothers of children without MPS (mean: 36.9 [±4.5]) ( p < 0.001). Mother's SOC of children with MPS were lower for those children with one or more decayed teeth (31.5 [±3.2]) than for those children/adolescents without caries (35.7 [±3.8]) ( p = 0.004) and lower for those children/adolescents with one or more missing teeth (30.2 [±0.9]) than for those individuals identified without missing teeth (33.8 [±4.1]) ( p = 0.046). Conclusion Mothers’ SOC of children/adolescents with MPS was associated with dental caries experience in their children. Improving mothers’ SOC should contribute to a better quality of life for their children.