The caries experience and dentistry following evaluation of children submitted to antineoplastic therapy
J. res. dent
; 4(2): 45-50, mar.-apr2016.
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To evaluate the caries experience and the dentistry following of children submitted to antineoplastic therapy of a reference Hospital to this type of treatment in Para state, Brazil. Material andMethods:
The sample consisted of 46 children. It was included children in the ages of 2 to 12 years diagnosed with cancer that would be submitted to chemotherapy treatment. The evaluation was performed before the chemotherapy treatment and consisted of anamnesis and oral clinical examination. In order to decrease the interexaminer diagnosis variability and increase the data surveys confidentiality, a previous training and calibration was performed before the beginning of the examination.Results:
There was a higher prevalence of childish cancer among male gender children. The age group more affected was between 8 to 12 years. There was a bigger percentage of patients that didn't go to the dentist before the chemotherapy treatment. The children caries experience was evaluated by the CPO-D and medium Ceo-d indexes, obtaining respectively the values of 4,75 and 0,47.Conclusions:
The initial caries experience was high comparing to the international and Brazil average. Most of researched children didn't have a previous dentistry care before the beginning of antineoplastic therapy.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J. res. dent
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
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Sa£de Bucal
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil