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Published in: BMC Oral Health 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

Effectiveness of an oral health intervention program for children with congenital heart defects

Authors: Tine B. Sivertsen, Anne N. Åstrøm, Gottfried Greve, Jörg Aßmus, Marit S. Skeie

Published in: BMC Oral Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Children with congenital heart defects (CHD) are reported to have poorer oral health compared with healthy children. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive oral health care program among children with CHD followed from infancy to the age of 5 years, by comparing their oral health status at 5 years with a control group of children with CHD who had not received the program.

Methods

In this longitudinal study, children in western Norway with a need for lifelong follow-up due to congenital heart defects were invited to participate (n = 119). Children born in 2008–2011 were offered an oral health intervention program from infancy to the age of 5 years. The outcome measures for evaluating the intervention were dental caries prevalence, dental erosion, plaque index and gingival bleeding index. The data of the intervention group were compared with cross sectional oral health data of 5 year old controls with CHD born 2005–2007 (already published).

Results

Early oral health intervention did not affect the prevalence of caries (25.3% versus 25.4%) or dental erosion (22.2% versus 19.7%) of children with CHD assessed at 5 years. Children in the intervention group were less likely than those in the control group to present with both dental plaque and gingival bleeding at age 5 years. In spite of no difference in caries prevalence between the groups, caries affected children (d1-5mft) in the intervention group had fewer teeth affected by caries than children in the control group (p = 0.06). The care index was reported to be higher in the intervention group compared with the control group, implying that fewer children in the intervention group suffered from untreated dentine caries. Parents in the intervention group were more likely to brush their children’s teeth twice a day than parents of children in the control group.

Conclusion

The oral health promotive program did not influence the prevalence of caries nor dental erosion. However, the findings indicated better oral hygiene, reduced gingival bleeding and less untreated dentine caries in the intervention compared with the control group.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03311438. Registration date: October 17th 2017, retrospectively registered.
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Metadata
Title
Effectiveness of an oral health intervention program for children with congenital heart defects
Authors
Tine B. Sivertsen
Anne N. Åstrøm
Gottfried Greve
Jörg Aßmus
Marit S. Skeie
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Oral Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-018-0495-5

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