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      Parental Attitude towards the Provision of Nonsurgical Oral Health Care to Children with Oral Clefts: An Epidemiological Survey

      International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
      Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
      cleft lip/palate, dental treatment, parental attitude.

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          Aim To evaluate the attitudes of parents of 3 to 8 years old children with cleft lip and palate towards the provision of pediatric dental health care and assess the experience of dentistry in general dental practice. Materials and methods A questionnaire was distributed to parents of 100 children in the age group of 3 to 8 years old with cleft lip and palate who visited the cleft lip and palate center in KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore. Results Out of the hundred patients, 66% of the patients registered directly at the cleft center for their deformity. Only 20% of these children visited a local dental practitioner for their dental health care. 42% had neither undergone any dental treatment nor received any dietary or oral hygiene advices. Regarding the provision of the dental treatment, 74% wanted a pediatric dentist to provide dental check-up and treatment at the cleft center, whereas, 24% preferred a dental practitioner close to their home and 2% does not want treatment anywhere. Conclusion The survey indicates that there is parental support for the pediatric dental assessment at the cleft center with subsequent arrangement of dental treatment with their local dental practitioners. The majority wanted a pediatric dentist to provide the dental check-up and treatment at the cleft center.

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          Caries, gingivitis, and dental abnormalities in preschool children with cleft lip and/or palate.

          Oral health was studied in 49 children aged 5 or 6 years old with clefts of the lip and/or palate (CL(P] and 49 healthy controls matched for sex and age. The results showed a statistically significant increase in the prevalence and activity of caries in CL(P) children. The mean number of decayed and filled surfaces in the CL(P) group was 7.0 compared with 3.9 in the control group (p less than 0.05). The most evident difference between the two groups was found in the number of decayed proximal surfaces. The mean number of decayed proximal surfaces in the CL(P) group was 2.5, as compared with 0.9 in the control group (p less than 0.001). There were no significant differences in the caries prevalence and activity in children with clefts that involves the alveolus compared with those of children with isolated clefts of the lip or palate. The CL(P) children also exhibited a significant increase (p greater than 0.01) in the number of gingival units with gingivitis. Other dental abnormalities included an increased frequency of enamel hypomineralization (p less than 0.05), supernumerary teeth (p less than 0.01), unilateral crossbite (p less than 0.001), mesial terminal plane (p less than 0.01), and crowding (p less than 0.001). The results show that the CL(P) children must be considered as a group with an increased caries risk and should therefore be subjected to an additional preventive program.
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            Dental caries of primary incisors in children with cleft lip and palate.

            Visual dental examinations were performed on 64 children ages 18 months through 4 years presenting at a Craniofacial Defects Team charged with diagnostic and referral services. Of the 41 children with cleft lip and/or cleft palate, 13 (32%) had dental caries of one or more maxillary primary incisors. One of the remaining 23 children examined experienced caries of the maxillary primary incisors. In incisors of children having clefts of the alveolus, caries tended to correspond to sites of enamel deficiency in caries-free children with alveolar clefts. Caries patterns in children with clefts involving only the palate resembled "nursing carries". Children with clefts are at significant risk for caries of the primary incisors; a dental prevention program is to be emphasized in referring these children for care.
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              Oral and dental health status of children with cleft lip and/or palate.

              To ascertain the oral and dental health status of children with cleft lip and/or palate. Oral and dental examinations were carried out on 114 selected children with cleft lip and/or palate, using standard criteria and indices. These children were examined at two cleft palate clinics in the United Kingdom. All children examined were between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Sixty one (53.5%) of the subjects exhibited no evidence of previous caries experience, but as many as 20% exhibited active decay. The mean caries experience in the deciduous dentition (dmfs) was 2.3, and that in the permanent dentition (DMFS) was 0.9. Caries experience of the Caucasian children of the sample was lower (mean dmfs 1.9) than that of the Asian children (mean dmfs 5.5). The mean simplified debris index of the sample was 0.9, and the mean gingival bleeding index was 0.4. Children with cleft lip and palate had generally poorer oral and gingival health than those with isolated clefts of the lip or palate. Twenty percent of the sample had active decay. These children had poor oral health in the surgically repaired anterior segment.
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                10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1051
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