Division of Child Dental Health, Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds, UK.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2010 May;20(3):173-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2010.01034.x.
Children with previous experience of infective endocarditis or with prosthetic heart valve are considered at very high risk for infective endocarditis.
The aim of this study was to compare the dental health of a group of these children with a group of healthy controls and to determine parental awareness of the importance of good oral health.
Oral examination was carried out in 28 children with previous infective endocarditis or a prosthetic heart valve to assess oral health. Findings were compared to a healthy control group of 28. Questionnaires were distributed to the parents to assess awareness of oral health.
There was no significant difference in DMFT scores of study and control group (2.43 +/- 3.72 and 1.36 +/- 2.5 respectively) or in DMFT scores of study and control group (1.5 +/- 1.73 and 1.15 +/- 1.42 respectively), 36% of the study group had untreated caries. Parental knowledge of the link between oral health and infective endocarditis was excellent.
There were no significant differences between the oral health of cardiac children and healthy children although the dmft and DMFT scores of the study group were high. Of concern was the proportion of children with untreated caries in spite of good dental awareness and attendance.
曾患有感染性心内膜炎或心脏人工瓣膜的儿童被认为具有很高的感染性心内膜炎风险。
本研究旨在比较一组此类儿童与健康对照组的口腔健康状况，并确定家长对良好口腔健康重要性的认识。
对 28 名曾患有感染性心内膜炎或心脏人工瓣膜的儿童进行口腔检查，以评估口腔健康状况。将检查结果与 28 名健康对照组进行比较。向家长分发问卷以评估对口腔健康的认识。
研究组和对照组的 DMFT 评分（分别为 2.43 +/- 3.72 和 1.36 +/- 2.5）或 DMFT 评分（分别为 1.5 +/- 1.73 和 1.15 +/- 1.42）均无显著差异，研究组有 36%的未治疗龋齿。家长对口腔健康与感染性心内膜炎之间联系的了解非常出色。
尽管研究组的 dmft 和 DMFT 评分较高，但心脏患儿的口腔健康与健康儿童之间没有显著差异。令人担忧的是，尽管口腔卫生意识和就诊率良好，但仍有相当比例的儿童存在未经治疗的龋齿。
