Salivary cortisol response to psychological stress in children with early childhood caries

Abstract

We have concluded that the stress produced by different dental procedures was similar in children from the two groups studied, and the coping ability of the children was also similar in both the groups. Small sample size may be one of the reasons why no significant differences were found between the groups. Similar study needs to be repeated with a larger sample size.

Children with orofacial clefts : dental caries and health-related quality of life

“…This is in accordance with Kambalimath et al (2010) reporting no difference in salivary cortisol concentration between caries-free children and children with one or more caries lesions. In two other studies, comparing children with no clinical sign of caries to those with severe caries (more than five decayed teeth) significant difference was found (Rai, Hegde et al 2010, Pani andAl Odhaib 2013).…”

“…In two other studies, comparing children with no clinical sign of caries to those with severe caries (more than five decayed teeth) significant difference was found (Rai, Hegde et al 2010, Pani andAl Odhaib 2013). The reason for the conflicting result can possibly be explained by the low caries experience in the children with caries in this study and in the study by Kambalimath et al (2010). However, in all 10-year-old children, also in non-cleft children, a week negative correlation in evening cortisol concentration in saliva and caries frequency was found, but no correlation between caries frequency and cortisol decline, AUC G and AUC I.…”

“…In addition it is reported that 10-14-year-old children with high caries experiences has lower diurnal declines, between morning and afternoon cortisol concentrations in saliva compared to those with low caries experiences (Barbosa, Castelo et al 2012). However, the stress response to psychological stress, oral prophylaxis, and application of fluoride gel, in 4-5-year-old children with at least one caries lesion have been shown to be in the same magnitude as for caries-free children (Kambalimath, Dixit et al 2010). Does presence of dental caries correlate to stress response in Swedish children?…”

Using Blood Glucose Estimation to Interpret Stress in Patients Undergoing Minor Oral Surgery Procedures

“…Following this, the ability of anaesthetic agents and neural blockade to modify stress responses has been studied. Although it seems that the stress response developed to allow injured animals to survive by catabolising their own body fuels, it has been argued that the response is unnecessary in current clinical practise (Figure1 ) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

“…It is defined as a state of disharmony or disturbances in homeostasis provoked by psychological, environmental or physiological stressor situations [1,2]. These situations promote immunoinflammatory and metabolic responses that are entangled in an intricate way, as the cells involved in these key events ontogenetically originate from a unique primordial organ combining both immune and metabolic functions [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. In 1932 Cubberston documented and quantified the time course of stress response and introduced the terms "ebb" and "flow" to describe an initial decrease and subsequent increase in metabolic activity due to stress [1].…”