Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci

Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci

Background: Beta thalassemia major is an inherited disorder that may affect general and oral health.The purpose of this study was toassess the severity of dental caries in relation to oral cleanliness, mutans streptococciamong a group of boys with beta thalassemia majorin comparison with a control g...

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Main Authors: Raghad R Al-Zaidi, Sulafa K El- Samarrai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Dentistry/ University of Baghdad 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry
Online Access:https://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/468
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spelling doaj-1c5644ac795b47a39a37fb68ac06610c2021-09-02T21:58:17ZengCollege of Dentistry/ University of BaghdadJournal of Baghdad College of Dentistry2311-52702014-06-01262Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococciRaghad R Al-ZaidiSulafa K El- SamarraiBackground: Beta thalassemia major is an inherited disorder that may affect general and oral health.The purpose of this study was toassess the severity of dental caries in relation to oral cleanliness, mutans streptococciamong a group of boys with beta thalassemia majorin comparison with a control group. Materials and Methods: The study involved 30 boys with BTM aged 10-12 years compared to 30 healthy boys with the same age group. d1-4mfs and D1-4 MFS indices were applied (Muhlemann, 1976), the viable counts of mutans streptococci in stimulated saliva were also determined. Results: The entire thalassemic group was caries-active. For both dentitions, a higher dmfs/DMFS values were recorded for study compared to control group, difference was statistically not significantconcerning dmfs, while it was statistically significant concerning DMFS (Phttps://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/468
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Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry
author_facet Raghad R Al-Zaidi
Sulafa K El- Samarrai
author_sort Raghad R Al-Zaidi
title Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
title_short Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
title_full Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
title_fullStr Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
title_full_unstemmed Dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary Mutans streptococci
title_sort dental caries among a group of boys with β-thalassemia major (10-12 years old) in relation to salivary mutans streptococci
publisher College of Dentistry/ University of Baghdad
series Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry
issn 2311-5270
publishDate 2014-06-01
description Background: Beta thalassemia major is an inherited disorder that may affect general and oral health.The purpose of this study was toassess the severity of dental caries in relation to oral cleanliness, mutans streptococciamong a group of boys with beta thalassemia majorin comparison with a control group. Materials and Methods: The study involved 30 boys with BTM aged 10-12 years compared to 30 healthy boys with the same age group. d1-4mfs and D1-4 MFS indices were applied (Muhlemann, 1976), the viable counts of mutans streptococci in stimulated saliva were also determined. Results: The entire thalassemic group was caries-active. For both dentitions, a higher dmfs/DMFS values were recorded for study compared to control group, difference was statistically not significantconcerning dmfs, while it was statistically significant concerning DMFS (P
url https://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/468
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