Gurupriya M Monica, Barathi K Divya, Nalankilli Ashok Viswanath, Megalaa N, Jayaraj Merlin, Kumar P D Madan, Nagappan Nagappan
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Dec;16(Suppl 5):S4445-S4447. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_917_24. Epub 2025 Jan 30.
Children living with perinatal HIV/AIDS (CLWPHA) have a higher prevalence of dental caries and fungal infections. Caries tooth serves as a niche for Candida colonization and it also impairs oral health-related quality of life. The management of dental caries can eliminate the risk factor for Candida colonization and subsequently can promote their quality of life related to oral health.
The aim of our study was to determine the effect of dental caries management on the carriage and oral health-related quality of life among CLWPHA under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
This pre- and post-experimental study was conducted with 40 students. Candida colonization was assessed from the participant's saliva samples. OHRQoL of participants was assessed using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 questionnaire.
The mean value of CFUs in saliva after dental caries management was significantly lower compared with before dental caries management. The mean OHIP-14 score after dental caries management was significantly lower compared with the baseline score.
Dental caries management can be effective in reducing the oral Candidal colony count, thereby improving their oral health-related quality of life.
感染围产期艾滋病毒/艾滋病的儿童(CLWPHA)患龋齿和真菌感染的几率更高。龋齿是念珠菌定植的温床,还会损害口腔健康相关的生活质量。龋齿的治疗可以消除念珠菌定植的风险因素,进而提高他们与口腔健康相关的生活质量。
我们研究的目的是确定在高效抗逆转录病毒疗法(HAART)下,龋齿治疗对CLWPHA的念珠菌携带情况及与口腔健康相关的生活质量的影响。
这项前后对照实验研究对40名学生进行。从参与者的唾液样本中评估念珠菌定植情况。使用口腔健康影响程度量表-14问卷评估参与者的口腔健康相关生活质量。
龋齿治疗后唾液中的菌落形成单位(CFU)平均值显著低于龋齿治疗前。龋齿治疗后的口腔健康影响程度量表-14(OHIP-14)平均得分显著低于基线得分。
龋齿治疗可有效减少口腔念珠菌菌落计数,从而改善他们与口腔健康相关的生活质量。