Association between DMFT Score and Iron Studies in Children up to 12 Years

Nayak, Poonam; Pratinidhi, Shilpa A.; More, Gayatri; Zope, Rajendra R.

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“…Shamsaddin et al ( 30) also found no significant differences between the case and control groups in ferritin, MCV, and hemoglobin levels. Likewise, Nayak et al (32) showed that serum ferritin level was not significantly different between the case (children with dental caries) and control (caries-free children) groups, whereas the hemoglobin level was significantly lower in the case group. However, Abed et al Most studies (8,26,(28)(29)(30)(31) in this systematic review included children below six years; in contrast, Nayak et al 27) included children aged 3 -18 years.…”

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“…Of the studies included in the meta-analysis, six (18,26,28,(30)(31)(32) with a similar methodology evaluated blood ferritin, four (18,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)32) assessed hemoglobin levels, and five (18,26,27,29,30) evaluated MCV. The results indicated that MCV, hemoglobin, and blood ferritin levels were significantly lower in children with dental caries than in those without dental caries.…”

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“…All the reviewed articles were case-control studies that assessed the blood factors associated with IDA among 1,116 participants in the case (children with dental caries) and control (caries-free children) groups. Of the eight articles included in the systematic review, seven (18,(26)(27)(28)(30)(31)(32)) evaluated blood ferritin levels, and seven assessed hemoglobin levels (18,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)32). Moreover, six studies (18,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30) evaluated mean corpuscular volume (MCV).…”

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“…While in four (18,26,29,30) studies, children with severe early childhood caries were compared with caries-free children. In Nayak et al (32) study, children with DMFT more than zero were compared with caries-free children. All parameters, except for RDW and transferrin, were significantly lower in the case group (P < 0.0001); RDW and transferrin were significantly higher in the case group (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.01, respectively) 2-MCV (fL): S: 75.8 ± 4.7; C: 82.9 ± The serum ferritin, hemoglobin, and MCV levels were significantly lower in the case group than in the control group (P < 0.05) In all studies included in the systematic review, except for two (27,32), the studied children were under six years.…”

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“…Serum ferritin level was significantly lower in the case group. Figure 2 shows the forest plots of serum ferritin levels (18,26,(30)(31)(32).…”

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Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children with and Without Dental Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Amrollahi

Tarrahi

2022

Iran J Pediatr

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Context: Dental caries is a complication affecting the health of society, so it is vital to manage. Most children with early childhood caries (ECC) are believed to undergo anemia, altered physical growth patterns, and low weight. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between dental caries and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in children. Evidence Acquisition: The medical subject headings (MeSH) and non-MeSH were applied to choose the search terms. English language case-control studies assessing blood factors associated with IDA in children with and without dental caries were potentially eligible. Two independent researchers carried out an electronic search to retrieve studies published in the English language on Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed, and Web of Science databases in October 2020. Initially, 494 articles were obtained. Of them, 17 were eligible for inclusion, of which eight studies were eliminated. The meta-analysis was done using the comprehensive meta-analysis software (version 2, Biostat). The forest plots estimated the mean difference and depicted the results of the meta-analysis. The Egger's and Begg's tests assessed the publication bias. Results: A significant difference was observed in serum ferritin levels between the case and control groups, with a mean difference of -0.230 (95% confidence interval (CI): -0.446 to -0.015; P value = 0.008). Blood hemoglobin and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) levels indicated significant mean differences of -0.991 (95% CI: -1.813 to -0.169) and -0.807 (95% CI: -1.336 to -0.279), respectively (P value < 0001). In the case group, all three blood parameters were significantly lower. Conclusions: Hemoglobin, serum ferritin, and MCV levels are lower in children with dental caries than in caries-free children.

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