Open AccessORAL CARE AND CHOICE OF MEDICINES FOR TREATING GINGIVITIS AND PERIODONTITIS IN CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS
Author(s) -
I. O. Kuz,
Ольга Вікторівна Шешукова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aktualʹnì problemi sučasnoï medicini: vìsnik ukraïnsʹkoï medičnoï stomatologìčnoï akademì
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2077-1126
pISSN - 2077-1096
DOI - 10.31718/2077-1096.20.1.199
Subject(s) - medicine , feeling , periodontitis , gingivitis , diabetes mellitus , metabolic control analysis , phobias , disease , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , dentistry , psychiatry , anxiety , psychology , pathology , social psychology , endocrinology
The anatomical and physiological characteristics of a growing organism require a specific approach to the prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases. Not enough attention is paid toward improving the oral health of children suffering from diabetes mellitus, as well as therapeutic and prophylactic measures aimed at preserving teeth and preventing exacerbations of the inflammatory process in periodontal tissues. The results of clinical studies indicate a high prevalence of dental diseases in patients with type I diabetes mellitus; there are not enough reliable results of such indicators depending on the age and duration of this endocrine pathology, diabetic complications, hypoglycemic therapy taking into account metabolic control. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases is complicated by the peculiarities of the child’s psychological perception, caused by age-specific characteristics and the influence of common manifestations of inflammatory diseases. Children of primary school age often demonstrate increased motor activity, a hyperergic reaction even to minor negative feelings, the difficulty of adequate behaviour in an unfamiliar environment and a correct assessment of what is happening, being stressed due to the presence of many phobias associated with doctors and medical manipulations, communicative difficulties caused by staying in the spotlight, meeting new people, talking with adults. Teaching children must necessarily be accompanied by educating parents, since within limited time interval of dental appointment a doctor does not have the opportunity to fully monitor and consolidate the knowledge and skills the child has received, and this responsibility falls on parents. In this case, some attention should be paid to issues of skills, motivation as well as on the importance dental care aspects for the development of the dentofacial system, since in the vast majority of cases, parents are not enough aware on these issues. In addition to educating and fostering the motivation, it is necessary to control the level of knowledge, the frequency and quality of tooth brushing. For young children, it is necessary to do complete cleaning up the chewing group of teeth due to the low level of children’s manual skills.