Rajkumaar Jagadish, Mathew Mebin George
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3991-3993. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_9_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
To evaluate salivary ferritin levels in children with severe early childhood caries (ECC).
One hundred twenty participants were split into a study group that consisted of 60 children with severe ECC (dmft ≥5) and a control group that was free of caries. Both groups were age and gender-matched. Saliva was collected from both groups. Salivary ferritin was assessed using chemiluminescence microparticle immunoassay. The data obtained were statistically analyzed.
Salivary ferritin levels were higher in children with severe ECC (159.53 ± 18.65 μg/dl) compared to children with no caries (92.16 ± 12.91 μg/dl) and a highly significant statistical difference was seen ( < 0.001).
Salivary ferritin levels were high with children having severe ECC.
评估重度婴幼儿龋(ECC)患儿的唾液铁蛋白水平。
120名参与者被分为一个研究组,该组由60名重度ECC患儿(dmft≥5)组成,以及一个无龋对照组。两组在年龄和性别上相匹配。收集两组的唾液。使用化学发光微粒子免疫分析法评估唾液铁蛋白。对获得的数据进行统计学分析。
重度ECC患儿的唾液铁蛋白水平(159.53±18.65μg/dl)高于无龋患儿(92.16±12.91μg/dl),且存在高度显著的统计学差异(<0.001)。
重度ECC患儿的唾液铁蛋白水平较高。