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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nogueira, Natálla Gonçalves
• de Deus Moura Lima, Marina
• Moura, Joyce Samandra Silva
• Lima, Cacilda Castelo Branco
• de Moura, Marcoeli Silva
• Castro, Marcus Victor Vaz Soares
• de Deus Moura, Lucia de Fátima Almeida

Titel

Impact of Pulp Necrosis on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Children with Early Childhood Caries

Ist Teil von

• Journal of dentistry for children (Chicago, Ill.), 2022-01, Vol.89 (1), p.11

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To assess the impact of pulp necrosis on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children with early childhood caries and their caregivers. A cross-sectional study was performed with a consecutive sample of children who were divided into three groups: (1) caries-free children; (2) with untreated carious lesions and without pulp necrosis; and (3) with untreated carious lesions and at least one tooth with pulp necrosis. Data were collected using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and a dental clinical examination using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System index. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Mann-Whitney tests and Poisson regression were performed ( <0.05). A total of 532 children and their legal guardians participated in the study. Children with pulp necrosis had a greater negative impact on the OHRQoL versus those with untreated carious lesions without pulp necrosis (ratio of unadjusted and adjusted rates [RR] = 1.59; 95 percent confidence interval [95% CI] = 1.36 to 1.86; <0.001), as measured by the total ECOHIS score. in Group 3, four- and five-year-old children had a greater negative impact on the OHRQoL than two- and three-year-old peers (RR = 1.36; 95% CI = 1.08 to 1.72; <0,001). The presence of pulp necrosis increased the negative impact on OHRQoL of children with untreated carious lesions and their guardians.