Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 57 No. 3, 2013.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in croatian children
Vanja Vučićević Boras
orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-8069
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Ana Andabak Rogulj
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Ivan Alajbeg
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Ivana Škrinjar
; Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12
Božana Lončar Brzak
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Vlaho Brailo
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Danica Vidović Juras
; Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12
Željko Verzak
; Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb,
Sažetak
The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children and young adolescents are scarce and vary throughout the world; therefore, w
e
investigated the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children and young adolescents referred to the Department of Oral Medici
ne,
School of Dentistry in Zagreb. Out of 4523 patients referred to the Department of Oral Medicine during the period of three year
s, there
were 142 children and young adolescents with oral mucosal lesions aged from one year to 19 years. Data from patient charts were
organized into working sheets, which included age, sex, detailed medical history, clinical presentation of the oral disease, la
boratory,
microbial and biopsy fi ndings when needed. Oral mucosal lesions were recorded according to the World Health Organization. The
most prevalent lesion was primary herpetic gingivostomatitis (21.12%), followed by recurrent aphthous ulceration (14.08%), trau
-
matic lesions (11.9%) and geographic tongue (13.38%). There were no signifi cant sex diff
erences in the prevalence of primary her-
petic gingivostomatitis and recurrent aphthous ulceration (p=0.704). No signifi cant diff
erences were observed in the prevalence of
oral diseases according to age groups, except for recurrent aphthous ulceration and primary herpetic gingivostomatitis. A stati
sti-
cally signifi cant diff
erence was found in the occurrence of recurrent aphthous ulceration and primary herpetic gingivostomatitis
according to age groups. Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis was more frequently recorded in children from 1-6 years and recurre
nt
aphthous ulceration in older age groups. There was no correlation between oral mucosal diseases and systemic diseases.
Ključne riječi
epidemiology; child; adolescents; mouth diseases; prevalence; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
119750
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2013.
Posjeta: 678 *