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Comparative Study of Malocclusions between Cancer Patients and Healthy Peers

Background. There is lack of data related to dental occlusion among children cured from cancer. The aim of our study was to compare the prevalence of malocclusion in cancer survivors and in healthy peers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 225 children aged between 4 and 18 years, inc...

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Autores principales: Proc, Patrycja, Szczepanska, Joanna, Herud, Anna, Zubowska, Malgorzata, Fendler, Wojciech, Lukomska-Szymanska, Monika, Mlynarski, Wojciech
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074045
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author Proc, Patrycja
Szczepanska, Joanna
Herud, Anna
Zubowska, Malgorzata
Fendler, Wojciech
Lukomska-Szymanska, Monika
Mlynarski, Wojciech
author_facet Proc, Patrycja
Szczepanska, Joanna
Herud, Anna
Zubowska, Malgorzata
Fendler, Wojciech
Lukomska-Szymanska, Monika
Mlynarski, Wojciech
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description Background. There is lack of data related to dental occlusion among children cured from cancer. The aim of our study was to compare the prevalence of malocclusion in cancer survivors and in healthy peers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 225 children aged between 4 and 18 years, including 75 cancer survivors, and 150 sex and age-matched controls. All patients were orthodontically examined and malocclusion traits were recorded. In the cancer group, 75 panoramic radiographs were used to evaluate the prevalence of dental anomalies and dental age using the Demirjian scale. Data were analyzed by univariate statistical analysis with p-values p < 0.05 considered as statistically significant. Results. Malocclusion was found in 49 (65.33%) cancer survivors and 99 (65.56%) controls (p > 0.05). The cancer group demonstrated significantly higher likelihood of crossbite (p < 0.01) and malalignment of teeth (p = 0.031). The healthy controls were more likely to demonstrate open bite (p = 0.038). Cancer patients with posterior crossbite (p = 0.023) or dental malalignment had a more advanced dental age (p = 0.022). Survivors with crossbite had more teeth with short roots (p = 0.016). Those who were older when they started their cancer therapy were more likely to suffer from tooth disturbances (p = 0.019). Conclusion. Oncological treatment can alter the development of occlusion in cancer patients.
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spelling pubmed-89979652022-04-12 Comparative Study of Malocclusions between Cancer Patients and Healthy Peers Proc, Patrycja Szczepanska, Joanna Herud, Anna Zubowska, Malgorzata Fendler, Wojciech Lukomska-Szymanska, Monika Mlynarski, Wojciech Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background. There is lack of data related to dental occlusion among children cured from cancer. The aim of our study was to compare the prevalence of malocclusion in cancer survivors and in healthy peers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 225 children aged between 4 and 18 years, including 75 cancer survivors, and 150 sex and age-matched controls. All patients were orthodontically examined and malocclusion traits were recorded. In the cancer group, 75 panoramic radiographs were used to evaluate the prevalence of dental anomalies and dental age using the Demirjian scale. Data were analyzed by univariate statistical analysis with p-values p < 0.05 considered as statistically significant. Results. Malocclusion was found in 49 (65.33%) cancer survivors and 99 (65.56%) controls (p > 0.05). The cancer group demonstrated significantly higher likelihood of crossbite (p < 0.01) and malalignment of teeth (p = 0.031). The healthy controls were more likely to demonstrate open bite (p = 0.038). Cancer patients with posterior crossbite (p = 0.023) or dental malalignment had a more advanced dental age (p = 0.022). Survivors with crossbite had more teeth with short roots (p = 0.016). Those who were older when they started their cancer therapy were more likely to suffer from tooth disturbances (p = 0.019). Conclusion. Oncological treatment can alter the development of occlusion in cancer patients. MDPI 2022-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8997965/ /pubmed/35409726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074045 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mlynarski, Wojciech
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