Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc50/1/9
Developmental Deffects of Enamel in Children with Intellectual Disability
Vesna Erika MODRIĆ
; Dental Polyclinic Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Verzak
; School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Karlović
; School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the frequency of developmental defects of enamel (DDE) in children with intellectual disability. Subjects and methods: Children aged 5–18 years (72 children with intellectual
disabilities and 72 controls) were included in the study. All the teeth were screened for developmental defects of enamel using the modified Developmental defects of enamel (mDDE) index. Results: Out of the 72 children with intellectual disabilities in this study, 20 (27.78%) presented dental defects of enamel, compared with 8 (11.11%) of those in the control group, which was considered statistically significant (p = 0.021). The majority of children in both groups had white demarcated opacities. Children in both groups were more likely to have maxillary teeth affected than the mandibular teeth and the asymmetrical demarcated enamel defects were more common than the symmetric ones. Majority of opacities in children in both groups were on the maxillary incisors. Conclusions: Children with intellectual disabilities have more developmental defects of enamel than children in the control group. Enamel defects increase caries risk and cause reduction in enamel mechanical properties leading to restoration failures.
Keywords
Intellectual Disability; Child; Dental Enamel
Hrčak ID:
154362
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Publication date:
17.3.2016.
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