Original scientific paper

Dental caries in eugnathic and dysgnathic pre-school children

Asja Miličić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Gaži-Čoklica ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Rajka Brcić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Cvetko Mišolić ; Dom zdravlja dr V. Stančić, Velika Gorica, Hrvatska

Abstract

Effects of orthodontic anomalies on the frequency of caries were
studied in a sample of 322 children from three Zagreb kindergartens du­ring a three-year period. The children were examined at 12-month inter­vals. In total, 599 examinations (227 in eugnathic and 322 in dysgnathic children) were performed. Results of the study, presented according to age and sex, separately for the groups of eugnathic and dysgnathic children, pointed to the follo­wing: — No significant differences were found in the frequency of caries bet­ween the groups of eugnathic and dysgnathic children (caries index was slightly higher in the group of eugnathic children);— No significant differences were observed in the frequency of caries between boys and girls (caries index was slightly higher in youngerboys and in older girls);
— Age of the subjects was the only relevant factor increasing the frequency of caries (a marked increase in the frequency of caries was observed to occur with age in both eugnathic and dysgnathic children of both sexes).

Keywords

Decidous dentition; orthodontic anomalies; caries

Hrčak ID:

102633

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/102633

Publication date:

15.6.1988.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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