Prevalence of dental caries and periodontal status among Down’s syndrome population in Riyadh City

Abstract

Aim: Aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries and periodontal status among Down’s syndrome population in Riyadh City. Materials and Methods: A total of 81 male Down’s syndrome subjects were examined in this study. All subjects were recruited from the Saudi Center for Down Syndrome, Riyadh. Clinical examination was carried out by a single precalibrated examiner. Dental caries experience was counted according to the DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) indexes. Periodontal status was evaluated by using plaque and gingival indexes. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 19 version. Consequently, Pearson chi-square test and Fisher exact test was used to calculate p-value for parametric variables. Results: In this study 11.1% of the subjects were not having any decayed teeth, 39.5% were not having any missing teeth, and 55.6% were not having any filled teeth. In plaque index, maximum number of subjects in all the age group were in the fair group, and there was a highly significant ( P value <0.001) association between the age group and the plaque index groups. In gingival index, maximum number of subjects in all the age group was in the poor group. No significant ( P value = 0.697) association between the age group and the gingival index groups was found. Conclusion: The present study concluded that the prevalence of dental caries was high and periodontal status of Down’s syndrome subjects was poor.

Oral Health Status, Oral Health Behaviors, and Oral Health Care Utilization among Persons with Disabilities in Saudi Arabia

“…Of these, 15 articles were excluded and are listed in Supplementary Table S1 , along with the reasons for their exclusion ( Supplementary Table S1 ). Therefore, 38 studies were included in this review [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. No additional studies were found upon hand searching or searching the gray literature.…”

“…Thirty-five studies were cross-sectional [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 51 ], one was a longitudinal study [ 45 ], and two were retrospective studies [ 28 , 49 ]. Twenty-two studies were conducted in or near Riyadh [ 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 38 ...…”

“…In 13 studies, the target population was selected from multiple institutions or schools [ 10 , 12 , 13 , 20 , 21 , 26 , 27 , 30 , 33 , 39 , 43 , 44 , 46 ], while in the remaining studies the sample population was either from a single institution or the exact number was not stated. The sample sizes of included studies ranged between 23 and 819 participants [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. Overall, 942 participants with Down syndrome, 1070 with autism spectrum disorder, 564 with cerebral palsy, 466 with a visual impairment, 785 with a hearing and/or speech impairment, 656 with intellectual disabilities, 111 with learning disabilities, 30 with epilepsy, 221 that were medically compromised, and 128 with unclassified disabilities we...…”

“…Overall, 942 participants with Down syndrome, 1070 with autism spectrum disorder, 564 with cerebral palsy, 466 with a visual impairment, 785 with a hearing and/or speech impairment, 656 with intellectual disabilities, 111 with learning disabilities, 30 with epilepsy, 221 that were medically compromised, and 128 with unclassified disabilities were included. Therefore, in this systematic review, data from 4441 individuals with special needs were included [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. The ages of the included participants ranged between 3 and 60 years, with the majority of the studies focusing on children with special needs.…”

Prevalencia de alteraciones buco-dentales en una muestra de pacientes con Síndrome de Down

“…Se ha reportado una baja prevalencia de caries en pacientes con SD en muchos países 17,18 . Sin embargo, es contradictorio que algunos reportes sobre el estado de salud bucal en estos pacientes han señalado una alta prevalencia de caries dental 19 . El presente estudio encontró una elevada prevalencia entre los sujetos evaluados.…”