Oro-Dental Health Status and Salivary Characteristics in Children with Chronic Renal Failure
B. Seraj1,2, R. Ahmadi3, N. Ramezani4, A. Mashayekhi5, M. Ahmadi61- Assistant Professor, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran2- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran3- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran4- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan,Iran5- Physician.6- rahilsh@yahoo.com
Abstract: Children suffering from decreased renal function may demand unique considerations regarding special oral and dental conditions they are encountered to. It is mentioned that renal function deterioration may affect the hard or soft tissues of the mouth. Having knowledge about the high prevalence of dental defects, calculus, gingival hyperplasia, modified salivary composition and tissue responses to the dental plaque may aid the physician and the dentist to help nurture the patient with chronic renal failure through the crisis, with an aesthetically satisfying and functioning dentition . Keywords: Kidney Failure ، Oral Health ، Saliva
Source: Journal of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Science Full text Postdoctoral Research Associate,Department of Immunology, University College London (UCL), Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom. |