Amjad Hussain Wyne, Arham Nawaz Chohan, Rima Al-sharari.
Caries, oral hygiene and gingival health status in type 1 diabetic Saudi children.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(3):421-5.

The objective of the present study was to determine dental caries, oral hygiene and gingival health status of Type 1 diabetic Saudi children and, and to compare the findings with an age-matched healthy group of children. A total of 134 diabetic children (mean age 9.1 years) and 177 healthy children (mean age 7.9 years) were examined for dental caries, oral hygiene and gingival health status. The mean dmft scores for the diabetic and the healthy groups were 4.87 (SD 3.97) and 7.17 (SD 4.74) respectively. The mean DMFT scores for the diabetic and healthy groups were 3.19 (SD 2.92) and 2.32 (SD 2.62). There was a significant (p=.001) between mean dmft scores of the diabetic and the healthy groups. A great majority (83.6%) of the diabetic children had fair or poor oral hygiene and a similar trend was found in the healthy children. Almost three-fourth (72.4%) of the diabetic children had mild to moderate gingivitis as compared with 60.4% in the healthy group. A strong association (p=0.001) was found between poor oral hygiene and gingival status in both the diabetic and healthy groups. In conclusion; the overall caries prevalence and severity were comparatively lower in the diabetic children as compared with healthy children. More diabetic children had mild to moderate gingivitis than the healthy children.

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