Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication
Introduction: Sucrose is added as sweetening agent in liquid oral medication (LOM) to mask the acrid taste of medicines which may be potentially cariogenic. Many children under long term LOM therapy for treatment of epilepsy may be susceptible to dental caries. Aim: To assess and compare dental...
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| description | Introduction: Sucrose is added as sweetening agent in liquid
oral medication (LOM) to mask the acrid taste of medicines
which may be potentially cariogenic. Many children under long
term LOM therapy for treatment of epilepsy may be susceptible
to dental caries.
Aim: To assess and compare dental caries experience in
children under long term liquid oral medication with those not
under such medication among 2-12 years old children suffering
from epilepsy.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was
undertaken on a total of 84 children aged 2–12 years, who were
suffering from epilepsy receiving liquid oral medication for more
than 3 months were selected (study group) and for comparison
106 children of similar age group and disease but on other forms
of medication were included as control group. Dental caries was
assessed using DMFT/DMFS (Decayed, Missing, Fillled Teeth /
Surfaces), dmft/dft and dmfs/dfs indices. One-way ANOVA and
t-test were used with p-value fixed at 0.05. Univariate logistic
regression was applied.
Results: Children on LOM were at increased risk of dental
caries than those with other forms of medications (OR: 2.55,
95% CI (2.37-4.15) p=0.000, HS). Caries prevalence was high
in the study group (76.1%) when compared to control group
(55.6%).
Conclusion: Long term use of liquid medicines containing
sucrose is a risk factor for dental caries among children with
epilepsy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd550ba440e7403dbc6e7a951b2e81252022-12-22T03:16:43ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-06-01106ZC78ZC8210.7860/JCDR/2016/18211.8024Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral MedicationAnkita Goyal0Manjunath Chaluvaiah Bhadravathi1Adarsh Kumar2Ridhi Narang3Ambika Gupta4Harneet Singh5Senior Resident, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Senior Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Senior Resident, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Demonstrator, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Introduction: Sucrose is added as sweetening agent in liquid oral medication (LOM) to mask the acrid taste of medicines which may be potentially cariogenic. Many children under long term LOM therapy for treatment of epilepsy may be susceptible to dental caries. Aim: To assess and compare dental caries experience in children under long term liquid oral medication with those not under such medication among 2-12 years old children suffering from epilepsy. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken on a total of 84 children aged 2–12 years, who were suffering from epilepsy receiving liquid oral medication for more than 3 months were selected (study group) and for comparison 106 children of similar age group and disease but on other forms of medication were included as control group. Dental caries was assessed using DMFT/DMFS (Decayed, Missing, Fillled Teeth / Surfaces), dmft/dft and dmfs/dfs indices. One-way ANOVA and t-test were used with p-value fixed at 0.05. Univariate logistic regression was applied. Results: Children on LOM were at increased risk of dental caries than those with other forms of medications (OR: 2.55, 95% CI (2.37-4.15) p=0.000, HS). Caries prevalence was high in the study group (76.1%) when compared to control group (55.6%). Conclusion: Long term use of liquid medicines containing sucrose is a risk factor for dental caries among children with epilepsy.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8024/18211_CE(EK)_F(AK)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfchronic diseasemedicineoral healthprevalencesucrose |
| spellingShingle | Ankita Goyal Manjunath Chaluvaiah Bhadravathi Adarsh Kumar Ridhi Narang Ambika Gupta Harneet Singh Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research chronic disease medicine oral health prevalence sucrose |
| title | Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication |
| title_full | Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication |
| title_short | Comparison of Dental Caries Experience in Children Suffering From Epilepsy with and without Administration of Long Term Liquid Oral Medication |
| title_sort | comparison of dental caries experience in children suffering from epilepsy with and without administration of long term liquid oral medication |
| topic | chronic disease medicine oral health prevalence sucrose |
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