Correlation of foci of chronic odontogenic infection and verified somatic pathology in children

Abstract

Annotation. The aim of the work is to determine the ratio of chronic odontogenic infection foci and verified somatic pathology in children on the basis of a retrospective study of medical records. Objects and methods. 111 outpatient medical records of children aged 1-16 years were analyzed. The following were taken into account: sex of the patients; age; caries index of extracted tooth fillings (CFE); caries intensity level (CIL); simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S); somatic status of the patient. The obtained data were processed statistically using the application program package “Statistica 10.0”. Results. Dental and somatic examination of 61.3% (68) boys and 38.7% (43) girls were analyzed. A CFE value of 0 to 3 was in 41.0% (45) of the individuals and multiple foci of odontogenic infection were in 59.0% (66) of the subjects. Of the total sample, 42.3% (47) individuals were practically healthy and 57.7% (64) had somatic diseases. In persons having multiple foci of odontogenic infection, 54.5% (36) were practically healthy and 45.5% (30) had somatic diseases. Of those who have even a small number of foci of odontogenic infection only 24.4% (11) are practically healthy, and 75.6% (34) of patients have somatic diseases. Conclusion. The presented results convincingly prove the necessity of dispenserization of persons with multiple foci of odontogenic infection and raise the question about the need to improve the known and develop new preventive measures for the group of patients with low caries intensity.