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Assessment of the oral health status of asthmatic children

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Arafa, Abla, Aldahlawi, Salwa, Fathi, Adel·2017·European Journal of Dentistry

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Objectives: To assess the oral health status and salivary composition in a group of children suffering from bronchial asthma. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of sixty asthmatic children, sixty healthy negative controls, and sixty healthy positive controls of both sexes with age ranging from 4 to 12 years old. The asthmatics were grouped according to disease severity into mild, moderate, or severe asthmatic. All the children were clinically examined to assess their dental caries experience (decayed, indicated for extraction, and filled primary tooth [def] and decayed-missing-filled permanent tooth [DMF]), dental erosion condition (tooth wear index), and gingival health condition (gingival index [GI]). Salivary samples were collected and assessed for salivary flow rate, salivary pH, and the level of calcium, sodium, and potassium. Results: The results of this study revealed that asthmatic children presented significantly higher def, DMF score, and GI mean values compared to the control groups. Severe asthmatics significantly presented the highest def and GI score. Salivary analysis revealed reduced stimulated salivary flow rate and altered salivary pH. In addition, significantly elevated mean salivary calcium level found to be associated with higher GI mean score. Conclusions: Children suffering from bronchial asthma should receive special dental preventive attention as presented with greater risk for oral and dental diseases as compared to the healthy controls.

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  • Most anti-asthmatic medications are administered using inhalers or nebulizers.

    “Most anti-asthmatic medications are administered using inhalers or nebulizers”

    From Drugs Prescribed for Asthma and Their Adverse Effects on Dental Health (2023) · cites this paper as [27]

    The Introduction recommends inhaled anti-inflammatory agents for chronic asthma, and the Discussion describes delivery by metered-dose inhaler. Neither passage says that most anti-asthmatic medications use these devices, and our copy does not mention nebulizers. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Arafa, A., Aldahlawi, S., & Fathi, A.
Affiliations
  • Umm al-Qura University (SA)
  • Al-Azhar University (EG)
Corresponding author
Arafa, Abla
Venue
European Journal of Dentistry
Published
2017-07
Volume
11
Issue
03
Pages
357-363
ISSN
  • 1305-7456 (ISSN-L)
  • 1305-7464
OpenAlex
W2772061841
Cited by
71
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2
FWCI
5.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • European Journal of Dentistry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Orthodontics › Dental Erosion and Treatment
Keywords
asthma, children, oral health, dental caries, dental erosion, gingival health, salivary flow rate, salivary pH, salivary calcium, disease severity, primary teeth, DMF index

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