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Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a gathering of neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. Epileptic children, who are on active treatment with antiepileptic drugs, have a well-recognized side effect of gingival enlargement. Therefore, all efforts should be made, particularly for the populat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29398857 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_48_17 |
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author | Joshi, Neelam Hasmukhbhai Deshpande, Anshula Neeraj Deshpande, Neeraj Chandrahas Rathore, Ashutosh Singh |
author_facet | Joshi, Neelam Hasmukhbhai Deshpande, Anshula Neeraj Deshpande, Neeraj Chandrahas Rathore, Ashutosh Singh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a gathering of neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. Epileptic children, who are on active treatment with antiepileptic drugs, have a well-recognized side effect of gingival enlargement. Therefore, all efforts should be made, particularly for the population who are diagnosed or affected by the systemic disease. This study was conducted with an aim to determine oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the department of pedodontics and attached general hospital. A sample size of 120 participants with 60 healthy and 60 epileptic children between age 2 and 14 years were included. Oral health status of participants was examined using oral hygiene simplified index and plaque index. Gingival enlargement was assessed using Miranda–Brunet index. For statistical analysis, one-way ANOVA test, independent t-test, and Pearson's Chi-square test were used. RESULTS: From the total participants included in the study, 49% of participants had good oral hygiene from healthy group, and 28% participants had poor oral hygiene from the epileptic group. Sodium valproate was the most common drug used and was associated with increased gingival enlargement. CONCLUSION: Conclusion can be drawn that epileptic children under medication had poor oral hygiene and an increased risk for gingival enlargement as compared to their healthy counterparts. It must be stressed that the epileptic patients should be given dental care without conditions and provided with best possible care to restore esthetics and functions. |
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spelling | pubmed-57711092018-02-02 Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs Joshi, Neelam Hasmukhbhai Deshpande, Anshula Neeraj Deshpande, Neeraj Chandrahas Rathore, Ashutosh Singh J Indian Soc Periodontol Original Article BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a gathering of neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. Epileptic children, who are on active treatment with antiepileptic drugs, have a well-recognized side effect of gingival enlargement. Therefore, all efforts should be made, particularly for the population who are diagnosed or affected by the systemic disease. This study was conducted with an aim to determine oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the department of pedodontics and attached general hospital. A sample size of 120 participants with 60 healthy and 60 epileptic children between age 2 and 14 years were included. Oral health status of participants was examined using oral hygiene simplified index and plaque index. Gingival enlargement was assessed using Miranda–Brunet index. For statistical analysis, one-way ANOVA test, independent t-test, and Pearson's Chi-square test were used. RESULTS: From the total participants included in the study, 49% of participants had good oral hygiene from healthy group, and 28% participants had poor oral hygiene from the epileptic group. Sodium valproate was the most common drug used and was associated with increased gingival enlargement. CONCLUSION: Conclusion can be drawn that epileptic children under medication had poor oral hygiene and an increased risk for gingival enlargement as compared to their healthy counterparts. It must be stressed that the epileptic patients should be given dental care without conditions and provided with best possible care to restore esthetics and functions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5771109/ /pubmed/29398857 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_48_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Joshi, Neelam Hasmukhbhai Deshpande, Anshula Neeraj Deshpande, Neeraj Chandrahas Rathore, Ashutosh Singh Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title | Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title_full | Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title_fullStr | Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title_short | Comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
title_sort | comparative evaluation of oral hygiene status and gingival enlargement among epileptic and healthy children as related to various antiepileptic drugs |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29398857 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_48_17 |
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