Besseling Sjobbe, Dubois Leander
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2004 Nov;41(6):629-32. doi: 10.1597/03-008.1.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of caries in South Vietnamese children with a known oral cleft.
The children were screened at local dental hospitals in five different cities in southern Vietnam.
One hundred fifty-four children aged 4 to 6, 11 to 13, and 14 to 16 years old with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both were included in the study.
For every age group, clefts were divided in four types. The dmft/DMFT was specified according to criteria of the World Health Organization (1997).
The mean number of teeth affected by caries was 9.95 for 4- to 6-year-old children, 2.97 for 11- to 13-year-old children, and 4.93 for 14- to 16-year-old children, respectively. Four- to 6-year-old children with a unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate had significantly more caries and a higher dmft (decayed, missing, and filled teeth index) than children of the same age with only a cleft lip or a cleft lip and alveolus.
Vietnamese children with an oral cleft have high numbers of teeth affected by dental caries, and special attention will be necessary for their oral health.
本研究旨在调查越南南方已知患有口腔裂隙的儿童的龋齿患病率。
在越南南方五个不同城市的当地牙科医院对儿童进行筛查。
154名年龄在4至6岁、11至13岁以及14至16岁之间，患有唇裂、腭裂或两者皆有的儿童被纳入研究。
对于每个年龄组，将裂隙分为四种类型。根据世界卫生组织（1997年）的标准确定乳牙龋失补牙数/恒牙龋失补牙数。
4至6岁儿童中受龋齿影响的平均牙齿数为9.95颗，11至13岁儿童为2.97颗，14至16岁儿童为4.93颗。与仅患有唇裂或唇裂合并牙槽突裂的同年龄儿童相比，患有单侧或双侧唇腭裂的4至6岁儿童龋齿更多，乳牙龋失补牙数更高。
患有口腔裂隙的越南儿童受龋齿影响的牙齿数量较多，需要特别关注他们的口腔健康。
