Dental Awareness among Parents and Oral Health of Paediatric Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Gupta, Aarushi; Marwaha, Mohita; Bansal, Kalpana; Anupam, Sachdeva; Gupta, Ajay

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/17412.7819

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“…This may be due to lack of awareness among their parents particularly since most of the mothers were illiterate. In accordance with this result, Gupta et al [17] revealed that the majority of the Indian parents in their study (87%) had not taken their child to a dentist before [17].…”

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Oral health status and its determinants in children with leukaemia at the Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Ali¹,

Nurelhuda

2019

Sudan J Paed

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The burden of oral health diseases in children with leukaemia and the impact of cancer treatment on their oral health have not been studied in Sudan. The present study assesses the oral health status of leukemic children through measuring caries experience, gingival status, oral hygiene status and mucositis. It also explores the association between the oral health status of children with leukaemia and their parental education, oral hygiene habits, treatment stage and type of leukaemia. A cross sectional hospital-based study was conducted at the Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum, Khartoum State. A total of 87 children were included in this study. Data were collected by interviewer questionnaire and clinical examination. The oral health status revealed high prevalence of untreated dental caries (37.9%) and the majority (67.9%) of children had poor oral hygiene. Nearly, all children with leukaemia (93.1%) had never visited a dental health facility in their lives. Regarding the treatment stages of leukaemia, the severity of dental caries was found to be more significant in the maintenance phase, while oral mucositis was more significant in the induction phase.

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Oral health status and its determinants in children with leukaemia at the Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Ali¹,

Nurelhuda

2019

Sudan J Paed

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“…It is also used to rapidly destroy malignant proliferative cells. However, it has the undesirable effect of affecting normal tissues with high mitotic rates, including the oral mucosa, the gastrointestinal tract, and hematopoietic tissue [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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Oral Mucositis in Pediatric Patients in Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Ribeiro

Limeira

Bonan

et al. 2017

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Oral mucositis in oncologic patients is the most undesirable event of the chemotherapeutic treatment. This study aimed to identify damage to the oral cavity resulting from chemotherapy in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This is a prospective study with a sample of 42 children and adolescents evaluated for 10 consecutive weeks after diagnosis. The modified Oral Assessment Guide (OAG) was used, and data were analyzed by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (α = 5%). Changes to the normal lips and saliva were positively related to an increase in the OAG score during all 10 weeks of evaluation. Alterations to the labial mucosa were correlated with an increase in the OAG score from the 2nd to 10th week, which was also found for changes in the tongue and in the swallowing function in Weeks 1, 6, 8, 9, and 10 and for gum changes from the 5th to 7th week. No significant vocal changes were correlated with the total OAG score at any point during the monitoring period. Changes in lips, cheek and/or palatal mucosa, labial mucosa, and gum areas and in swallowing function were positively correlated with an increase in the severity of oral mucositis in patients with ALL after beginning chemotherapeutic treatment.

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“…In our experiment, the bacterial colonization of Streptococcus did not change after induction chemotherapy. It has been shown that pediatric patients had better oral health than healthy children [ 36 , 35 ] and rural residents [ 37 ] with the same age due to the greater dental care provided during the antineoplastic treatment. The professional care associated with regular oral hygiene interferes with microbial colonization, reducing cariogenic bacterial counts [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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Impact of Saliva and Cariogenic Microbiota on the Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis in Oncopediatric Patients: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study

Costa

Bezerra

Damascena

et al. 2020

International Journal of Dentistry

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The aim of this study is to evaluate salivary and microbiological parameters of pediatric oncological patients and their correlation with severe oral mucositis (SOM).This study aims to evaluate the salivary parameters and cariogenic microbiota of pediatric oncological patients and their correlation with severe oral mucositis (SOM). A preliminary longitudinal study The prospective study included patients in the age range from 4 to 18 years (n = 26), with diagnosis of primary cancer, who were followed up before and after time intervals of two, five, and ten weeks of induction chemotherapy. Oral mucosa examinations were performed by means of the modified Oral Assessment Guide (OAG) by calibrated examiners (κ > 0.70). Saliva analysis (unstimulated saliva flow (USF), clinical saliva viscosity (CSV), and pH) and microbiological (total Streptococcus (TS) and Streptococcus of the mutans group (SMG)) tests were performed using unstimulated saliva. The data were analyzed by the Wilcoxon and Spearman Correlation tests (α = 5%). The patients were predominantly of the female sex (n = 15; 57.7%), adolescents (n = 15; 57.7%), and patients with hematological tumors (n = 21; 80.8%). SOM was more frequent in the tenth week (n = 7; 28.6%). The values of USF, CSV, pH, TS, and SMG were not changed by the institution of chemotherapy (p>0.05). These values were correlated with SOM and the time, TS and SMG, and CSV and SMG. The salivary and microbiological parameters investigated did not influence the severity of oral mucositis in the pediatric patients oncological..

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Dental Awareness among Parents and Oral Health of Paediatric Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Oral health status and its determinants in children with leukaemia at the Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Oral health status and its determinants in children with leukaemia at the Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Oral Mucositis in Pediatric Patients in Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Impact of Saliva and Cariogenic Microbiota on the Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis in Oncopediatric Patients: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study

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