ORAL HEALTH AND DENTOFACIAL ANOMALIES AMONG Β-Thalassemia MAJOR IN ERBIL CITY, IRAQ

Abstract

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Gingival health status among patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia (TDT) in Erbil city

“…After the follow-up periods, one, three and six month interval, the results were changed and showed that gingival index among beta thalassemic patients were higher than control group and the difference was statistically significant. These results were in agreement with Siamopoulu-Mavridou et al 21 , Al Mashadany 14 , Mohammed4, Ghasempour et al 11 , Saeed et al 12 and Al Jobouri and Al Casey and disagree with Scutellari et al 15 , Al Wahadni et al 3 , Luglie et al 16 and Mahdizadeh et al 17 .While regarding the high incidence of gingival disease among beta thalassemia patients is related to the poor oral hygiene, bacterial plaque accumulation on the teeth and gingival surface which is the major etiological factors for the development and maintenance of gingivitis 20 . Another explanation of high prevalence of gingivitis is correlated to the maxillofacial characteristic of thalassemic disease; potential relation ship between plaque accumulation and mal occlusion such as crowding, extreme over jet which has been studied by several studies 3,19 .…”

“…After follow up (one, three and six month interval) results changed and showed that plaque index among beta thalassemic patients was higher than control group and the difference statistically was significant. These results were in agreement with Mohammed 4 , Ghasempour et al 11 , Saeed et al 12 and Al Jobouri and Al Casey 13 and disagree with Al Mashadany 14 , Scutellari et al 15 , Luglie et al 16 , Al Wahadni et al 3 and Mehdizadeh et al 17 . This high incidence in plaque index among beta thalassemic patients is related primarily to dental neglecting and the patients are more concerned about their serious physical problem and pay lesser attention to dental care except when they have a dental problem they may seek dental advice 8 .…”