Caries Experience in Patients Referred for an Orthodontic Consultation

Tadić, Kristian; Katić, Višnja; Špalj, Stjepan

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“…The percentage of schoolchildren that have either decay or gingivitis was high, indicating the need for better oral health care, oral hygiene education and prevention programs. Also, general dentists in Croatia frequently avoid curing caries on deciduous teeth and refer patients to an orthodontic consultation with active carious lesions ( 25 ). Caries can contribute to the development of malocclusions, especially in midline shift problems; extractions caused by severely decayed teeth and loss of space in dental arches result in crowding ( 26 , 27 ).…”

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Correlation between the DAI and ICON indices used for assessment of orthodontic treatment need in Croatian schoolchildren

Vidaković

Špalj

Šlaj

et al. 2018

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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IntroductionThe aims were: evaluation of the correlation between the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and Index of Complexity, Outcome and Need (ICON); the assessment of orthodontic treatment need for schoolchildren in a population with two indices, separately for schoolchildren with mixed and permanent dentition; the estimation of the population share that could not receive orthodontic treatment because of the presence of caries and/or gingivitis.MethodsA total of 2652 Zagreb school children (7 - 19 years old, 52.4% of them were females) completed a questionnaire regarding previous orthodontic treatment and the type of appliance used. Their oral cavity was also inspected. The DAI and ICON indices were used for the assessment of malocclusion prevalence.ResultsThe subjects with mixed dentition had a greater need for orthodontic treatment, when compared to subjects with permanent dentition, when using the DAI index (p<0.001). When using the ICON index, 11.7% of subjects with mixed dentition had very severe malocclusion, as opposed to 5.8% of subjects with permanent dentition. The DAI and ICON scores correlated positively linearly (r=0.521; p<0.001). A higher prevalence of both gingivitis and caries was recorded more often in boys; caries more often in the group with the mixed dentition, and gingivitis in the group with permanent dentition (p<0.05).ConclusionThe DAI and ICON indices have moderate agreement in assessment of malocclusion severity scores. One third of all schoolchildren with various degrees of both ICON and DAI indices have gingivitis, and half of them have caries.

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Correlation between the DAI and ICON indices used for assessment of orthodontic treatment need in Croatian schoolchildren

Vidaković

Špalj

Šlaj

et al. 2018

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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“…The role of general dentists is of major importance in the prevention of various malocclusions caused by the loss of space due to caries 9 . Before any active orthodontic treatment, it is necessary that the patient has established satisfactory levels of oral hygiene and cured all carious lesions, both on deciduous and permanent teeth 10 . Nevertheless, patients with active caries who have been referred to the orthodontist office are encountering this problem ever increasingly.…”

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Assessment of oral health in patients referred for an orthodontic examination to the Orthodontic Department of the Sarajevo Faculty of Dentistry

Redžepagić-Vražalica,

Jelešković,

Mujić-Jahić

et al. 2023

Balkan J Dent Med

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Background/Aim: The objective of this research was to evaluate the level of oral hygiene, the prevalence of caries, and the condition of the soft tissues in children and adolescents referred for their first orthodontic examination. Material and Methods: The research was conducted at the Department of Orthodontics of Sarajevo University - at the Faculty of Dentistry with the Dental Clinical Center. A total of 300 patients with mixed and permanent dentition who were referred for their first orthodontic examination were included in the study. The patients were offered to sign a Letter of Informed Consent for this study. All patients were assigned a Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (dmft/DMFT) index. Periodontal indices were evaluated on all first permanent molars and all permanent central incisors. The periodontal indices included the determination of PI,CI,GI, PBI. Results: The results were processed with the application of standard statistical methods, by using the SPSS computer program for statistical analyses (SPSS-Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Version 21.0. The results of this study show a high dmft and DMFT indices in patients referred for orthodontic examination. The dmft index value in the respondents with mixed dentition was 3.0 (1.0 - 6.0). The DMFT index value in the respondents with permanent dentition was 4.0 (0.0 - 6.0), while in the respondents with mixed dentition, it was 1.0 (0.0 - 3.0). Our research also shows that out of 300 patients referred to an orthodontist for their first orthodontic examination, 250 of them (83.33%) have demonstrated an increased value of the Plaque index. Conclusions: The results of this research should be peculiarly alarming for pedodontists and general dentists, cautioning them to implement caries prevention measures more intensively and make referrals to an orthodontist only in case of those patients who have been cured previously.

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“…The stimulus in this regard is also continuously provided by the enormous possibility offered by the currently available tests in the planning and analysis of interleukins and inflammatory factors present in the saliva and at the level of the crevicular fluid present in the implant and periodontal sulcus ( 19 - 22 ). Furthermore, it is essential to consider the long-term importance in the primary prevention of carious lesions in order to obtain greater safety margins, particularly in the treatment of orthodontic patients undergoing fixed therapy, with devices that risk predisposing to the onset of caries ( 23 ).…”

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Salivary Nitric Oxide Levels in Adults with Different DMFT Scores in a Selected Iranian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Esfehani¹,

Keshavarzi²,

Mirzadeh³

et al. 2023

Acta Stomatol Croat

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Objectives Due to the emphasis on the protective and antimicrobial role of Nitric Oxide against gastrointestinal diseases, investigating its relationship with dental caries is a right topic. Therefore, this research has investigated the amount of saliva Nitric Oxide in different volumes of DMFT indicator in adults. Material and Methods In this descriptive- analytical cross-sectional study, 80 participants (20-35 years old), without a history of systemic disease and drug use participated as research samples, (53.8% of the participants in the study were women). Participants were selected from patients who had visited dental Department. The participants were divided in four groups based on DMFT (DMFT=0, 1≤DMFT≤3, 3

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Caries Experience in Patients Referred for an Orthodontic Consultation

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Correlation between the DAI and ICON indices used for assessment of orthodontic treatment need in Croatian schoolchildren

Correlation between the DAI and ICON indices used for assessment of orthodontic treatment need in Croatian schoolchildren

Assessment of oral health in patients referred for an orthodontic examination to the Orthodontic Department of the Sarajevo Faculty of Dentistry

Salivary Nitric Oxide Levels in Adults with Different DMFT Scores in a Selected Iranian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

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