Dental caries and dental anomalies in children treated by chemotherapy for malignant disease: a study in the north of England
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
- Vol. 1 (3), 131-135
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-263x.1991.tb00331.x
Abstract
Summary: Fifty‐two children in remission from childhood cancer and 41 siblings underwent a full clinical and radiographic dental examination. All the children had received chemotherapy. The leukaemic patients had received radiotherapy also, but not involving the jaws. There was no significant difference in dental caries experience between the treated children and the siblings, but significantly more dental anomalies were detected radiographically in the treated group. Résumé. Nous avons examine 52 enfants en remission de cancer infantile, et 41 de leurs freres et soeurs, par examen dentaire clinique et radiologique complets. Tous ces enfants avaient étè sous Chimiotherapie les lencemiques sous radiotherapie mais non aux machoises, Nous n'avons trouve aucune difference significative de caries dentaires entre les enfants traites et non traites (freres et soeurs), mais plus d'anomalies dentaires radiographiques dans le groupe traite (statistiquement) significatif). Zusammefassung. 52 Krebskranke Kinder in der Remissionsphase und 41 weitere Kinder wurden klinisch und röntgologisch zahnärztlich untersucht. Alle Kinder erhielten Chemotherapie. Die Leukemie Patienten wurden auch bestrahlt aber nicht die Kiefer. In Bezug der Kariesanfälligkeit wurde kein Unterschied festgestellt zwischen der behandelten und der nicht behandelten Gruppe, aber eine signifikante grössere Anzahl von Zahna‐nomalien wurden röntgologisch bei der behandelten Gruppen gefunden. Resumen. Un total de 52 niños en remisión de cancer y 41 hermanos(as) recibieron un examen clínico y radiográfico completo. Todos los niños habían recibido quimioterapia. Los pacientes leucémicos tambien recibieron radioterapia, pero no en los maxilares. No hubo diferencia significativa en la experiencia de caries dental entre los niños tratados y los hermanos(as), pero significativamente, más anomalías dentales feuron radigráficamente detectadas en el grupo tratado.Keywords
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