416012

Evaluation of the Oral Health Status and the Impact of Oral Health Promotion in a Group of Egyptian Children with Chronic Liver Disease

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Orthodontics and Pedodontics

Abstract

Aim: The current study aimed to evaluate the oral health status of chronic liver diseased children in terms of caries experience, oral hygiene, gingival health, the presence or absence of staining or developmental teeth defects, and to evaluate the impact of oral health promotion on the oral health status of these children after a 6-month-follow up period. Materials and Methods: Sixty children diagnosed with chronic liver disease (CLD) were examined. Caries prevalence was recorded using DMFT/dmf/def indices for permanent, primary and mixed dentitions, respectively. Developmental enamel defects and oral hygiene index scores were also investigated. Oral health education of patients and their caregivers was carried out and the same parameters were investigated again after a 6-month-follow-up period to assess the impact of oral health promotion. Results: Children with CLD demonstrated high caries experience in their primary, mixed and permanent dentitions, with mean values of 5.88±4.37, 4.19±2.42, 2±2.18, respectively. Most of the children had substandard oral health conditions with mean values of OHI-S (1.73±0.74). Developmental defects of enamel with varying presentations were evident in 16.67% of the children. No statistically significant differences were found in DMFT/dmf/def scores before and after oral health promotion, however significant reduction in OHI-S mean value (0.90±0.60) was found after 6-months following oral health promotion. Conclusion: Children diagnosed with CLD exhibited inadequate oral hygiene status, together with high prevalence of dental caries. It is evident that education and preventive measures lead to positive improvements in the oral health of  children with CLD.

DOI

10.21608/asdj.2024.294709.1307

Keywords

Keywords: Hepatic patients, oral hygiene index, caries, enamel defects, oral health education

Authors

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Magdy

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Affiliation

Pediatric dentistry and dental public health department, Faculty of dentistry, Ain Shams University

Email

sararashad@dent.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0009-0009-5135-657X

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Badran

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Departement, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University

Email

dr.amirasaad@dent.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-5413-4846

First Name

Tawhida

Last Name

Abdelghaffar

MiddleName

Yassin

Affiliation

Pediatrics and Pediatric Liver Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

Email

tyghaffar@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ola

Last Name

Abd El Geleel

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

pediatric dentistry and dental public health dept, faculty of dentistry ain shams university

Email

ola@dent.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-0580-094X

Volume

36

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

54291

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-06-04

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

36

Page End

44

Print ISSN

1110-7642

Online ISSN

2735-5039

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https://asdj.journals.ekb.eg/article_416012.html

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1,638

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Ain Shams Dental Journal

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https://asdj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of the Oral Health Status and the Impact of Oral Health Promotion in a Group of Egyptian Children with Chronic Liver Disease

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09 Mar 2025