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Oral Health Status of Children with Congenital Heart Disease and the Awareness, Attitude and Knowledge of their Parents

  • Kavita Rai1
  • Supriya S1
  • Amitha M Hegde1,*,

1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.33.4.2j108w0225241867 Vol.33,Issue 4,July 2009 pp.315-318

Published: 01 July 2009

*Corresponding Author(s): Amitha M Hegde E-mail: amipedo@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

The oral health status of children with congenital heart diseases and the parental awareness on maintaining good oral health and attitude towards preventive dental health measures were evaluated. A total of 170 children between the age group of 1-16yrs belonging to both genders, with the history of congenital heart disease from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore were examined. Oral lesions and caries experience were recorded using modified WHO oral health assessment form. Oral hygiene of the children with congenital heart disease was found to be poor with tongue coating (50.6%), plaque (41.8%), calculus(35.3%), and caries (42.4%). Parental awareness on the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene, preventive dentistry, medicinal decay and its systemic effects has been found to be very poor. Dentistry should give priority to patients whose general health may be put at risk by poor dental health. Closer cooperation between Pediatrician, Pediatric Cardiologists and Pediatric Dentists could help improve dental care for these children.

Keywords

Congenital heart disease, oral health, awareness, attitude, parents, children

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Kavita Rai,Supriya S,Amitha M Hegde. Oral Health Status of Children with Congenital Heart Disease and the Awareness, Attitude and Knowledge of their Parents. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2009. 33(4);315-318.

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