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Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

AIM: The purpose of the study is to achieve the baseline information of the autistic child’s oral health status about the diet, dietary and hygiene habits. The association of these factors with dental caries were assessed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was composed of self-administered questionna...

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Autores principales: Kotha, Sunil Babu, AlFaraj, Norah Saud Mohammed, Ramdan, Tasneem Hassan, Alsalam, Maymoonah Abdullah, Al Ameer, Maryam Jawad, Almuzin, Zainab Mohammed
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.245
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author Kotha, Sunil Babu
AlFaraj, Norah Saud Mohammed
Ramdan, Tasneem Hassan
Alsalam, Maymoonah Abdullah
Al Ameer, Maryam Jawad
Almuzin, Zainab Mohammed
author_facet Kotha, Sunil Babu
AlFaraj, Norah Saud Mohammed
Ramdan, Tasneem Hassan
Alsalam, Maymoonah Abdullah
Al Ameer, Maryam Jawad
Almuzin, Zainab Mohammed
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description AIM: The purpose of the study is to achieve the baseline information of the autistic child’s oral health status about the diet, dietary and hygiene habits. The association of these factors with dental caries were assessed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was composed of self-administered questionnaires to parents about their children’s’ demographic data followed by questions related to diet, dietary and hygiene habits. This is later followed by oral examination for estimating the decayed, missing and filled [dmft] scores as per WHO norms. The variables are analysed using t-tests and ANOVA. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated for each of the independent variables to examine for autocorrelation. RESULTS: The mean age for the present study is 5.8 years with more predilections of caries in females. The autistic children prefer soft diet and pouch it in oral cavity resulting in increased caries though not significant. Other foods like nuts and pulses confectioneries and soft drinks resulted in increased caries, and our study shows significant relation. Consumption of sugars between meals and increased quantity of sugar per day also increased dental caries with highly significant results in our study. Hygiene habits also made a difference in the occurrence of caries though, in our study, it’s not significant. CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that the oral health education programs should be conducted for the parents, caregivers and the teachers about the diet, dietary and the hygiene habits and the role they play in maintaining the oral hygiene.
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spelling pubmed-60264422018-07-06 Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia Kotha, Sunil Babu AlFaraj, Norah Saud Mohammed Ramdan, Tasneem Hassan Alsalam, Maymoonah Abdullah Al Ameer, Maryam Jawad Almuzin, Zainab Mohammed Open Access Maced J Med Sci Dental Science AIM: The purpose of the study is to achieve the baseline information of the autistic child’s oral health status about the diet, dietary and hygiene habits. The association of these factors with dental caries were assessed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was composed of self-administered questionnaires to parents about their children’s’ demographic data followed by questions related to diet, dietary and hygiene habits. This is later followed by oral examination for estimating the decayed, missing and filled [dmft] scores as per WHO norms. The variables are analysed using t-tests and ANOVA. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated for each of the independent variables to examine for autocorrelation. RESULTS: The mean age for the present study is 5.8 years with more predilections of caries in females. The autistic children prefer soft diet and pouch it in oral cavity resulting in increased caries though not significant. Other foods like nuts and pulses confectioneries and soft drinks resulted in increased caries, and our study shows significant relation. Consumption of sugars between meals and increased quantity of sugar per day also increased dental caries with highly significant results in our study. Hygiene habits also made a difference in the occurrence of caries though, in our study, it’s not significant. CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that the oral health education programs should be conducted for the parents, caregivers and the teachers about the diet, dietary and the hygiene habits and the role they play in maintaining the oral hygiene. Republic of Macedonia 2018-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6026442/ /pubmed/29983812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.245 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Sunil Babu Kotha, Norah Saud Mohammed AlFaraj, Tasneem Hassan Ramdan, Maymoonah Abdullah Alsalam, Maryam Jawad Al Ameer, Zainab Mohammed Almuzin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
spellingShingle Dental Science
Kotha, Sunil Babu
AlFaraj, Norah Saud Mohammed
Ramdan, Tasneem Hassan
Alsalam, Maymoonah Abdullah
Al Ameer, Maryam Jawad
Almuzin, Zainab Mohammed
Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title_full Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title_short Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
title_sort associations between diet, dietary and oral hygiene habits with caries occurrence and severity in children with autism at dammam city, saudi arabia
topic Dental Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.245
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