Effectiveness of periodontal treatment on the improvement of inflammatory markers in children.

AIM: It is known that atherosclerosis begins in childhood, a behaviour towards oral health care and metabolic control, since an early age, is essential for patients with cardiovascular disease. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of periodontal treatment full-mouth scaling and root planning (FMSRP), applied to children without systemic diseases, correlating with periodontal clinical and blood parameters (lipid profile and inflammatory markers). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 29 patients were divided into two groups, group 1 (14) - scaling and rot planning (SRP), group 2 (15) - FMSRP and the follow-up was conducted among 180 days. RESULTS: The results showed a significant improvement in clinical periodontal parameters (p<0.05) in both groups. In the analyzed blood parameters there was a greater evidence, with a significant improvement (p<0.05), in total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TGs), fibrinogen (FGN), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) CONCLUSIONS: Thus, we suggest that both periodontal treatments were effective in children without any systemic diseases.

Lipid profiles and inflammatory markers after periodontal treatment in children with congenital heart disease and at risk for atherosclerosis.

Due to the biological associations between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases, as well as the fact that atherosclerosis begins in childhood, behavior based on oral health care and metabolic control from an early age is essential for patients with cardiovascular disease. The aim of this research was to examine the effect of full-mouth scaling and root planing on the reduction of periodontal disease in children with congenital heart disease. In this study, treatments were related to clinical periodontal parameters and also to blood ones, such as lipid profile and inflammatory markers. The patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (n=17), scaling and root planing; and group 2 (n=16), full-mouth scaling and root planing. The results showed a significant improvement in clinical periodontal parameters (P<0.05) in both groups. Considering lipid parameters, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and very-low-density lipoprotein parameters showed significant improvement (P<0.05). There was also an improvement in C-reactive protein (ultrasensitive) in the group treated with scaling and root planing (P<0.05). Fibrinogen and interleukin-6 parameters improved (P<0.05) in both groups. We suggest that both periodontal treatments were effective in children with congenital heart disease, though neither demonstrated superiority.

Doença renal policística autossômica recessiva: relato de caso e revisão de literatura / Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: case report and review

A doença renal policística autossômica recessiva é uma desordem herdada com dilatações císticas nos ductos coletores freqüentemente associada com envolvimento hepático, hipertensão, insuficiência renal, hipertensão portal e retardo de crescimento. Mutações no gene PKHD1 (polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1) são responsáveis por todas as formas típicas desta enfermidade. Criança do sexo feminino, recém-nascida, primogênita de uma gestação normal, com peso de 2.470g apresentou massa abdominal palpável. A família não apresenta história para doença policística renal. Hipertensão arterial foi diagnosticada aos três meses. Exames laboratoriais normais. Tomografia abdominal demonstrou que ambos os rins estavam aumentados (7,8cm para o rim direito e 7,9cm rim esquerdo, em plano longitudinal), apresentando hiperecogenicidade cortical e fígado normal. A pressão arterial está parcialmente controlada com captopril, hidralazina e hidroclorotiazida após um ano de seguimento. Apresenta desenvolvimento neurológico e função renal normais. A grande maioria das crianças afetadas com ARPKD desenvolvem precocemente hipertensão arterial e precisam de rigoroso controle. Relatamos um caso diagnosticado ao nascimento e bem controlado clinicamente até o momento, com um ano de idade.

Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is an inherited disorder with cystic dilatations of the collecting ducts, frequently associated with hepatic involvement, hypertension, renal failure, portal hypertension and growth retardation. Mutations in the PKHD1 (polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1) gene are responsible for all typical forms of this disease. A female newborn, firstborn of a normal pregnancy, weighing 2,470 g, presented palpable bilateral abdominal masses. Family history was negative for polycystic kidney disease. Arterial hypertension was diagnosed at three months of age. Laboratory tests were normal. Abdominal CT scan showed that both kidneys were enlarged (right kidney with 7.8 cm and left kidney with 7.9 cm, longitudinal plane), presenting cortical hyperechogenicity, and normal liver. Blood pressure was partially controlled by captopril, hydralazine and hydrochlorothiazide after one year of follow-up. The patient presents normal neurological development and normal kidney function. Children affected with ARPKD frequently develop arterial hypertension and require rigorous control. We report a case diagnosed at birth and clinically well-controlled so far, at the age of one year.