انتشار النخر السني لدى الاطفال المصابين بالامراض القلبية في مشافي مدينة دمشق الحكومية

Background& Objective: The number of children with heart diseases in the Syrian society is constantly growing , In view of the importance of oral health and oral manifestations to this group of patients and the difficulties which dentists face in treating them , it is very important to study oral health and the dental caries prevalence. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of dental caries and to evaluate previous dental treatment in children with heart diseases in Damascus hospitals. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of dental caries and the mean of dmft and DMFT in three hundred and four 2 to 16 year old children and adolescences with heart diseases in Damascus government hospitals ,between 1-1-2010 and 31-12-2010 They were divided into 3 groups (2-4)(5-9)(10-16)years. Chi square, T student, ANOVA testes were carried out P<0<05. Results: the prevalence of dental caries was 78%( in 2-4 years group =59.4 the minimum statically difference), and the means of dmft and DMFT were 4.90 and 1.98 respectively( dmft in 5-9 years=6.83 the biggest statically difference)( DMFT in10-16 years=2.78 the biggest statically difference) .The number of untreated caries were 1250 in primary teeth and 215 in permanent teeth. Conclusions. Children with heart diseases in Damascus hospitals have a high level of dental caries and a poor levels of oral health, and dental attendance, which may give rise to a frequent bacteraemia under physiological conditions might develop into infective endocarditis