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wipes for oral hygiene. A child with epidermolysis bullosa should be examined orally not less than twice a year because caries grows very fast. After all the baby teeth have appeared it is important to conduct preventive coating varnish with fluor, nearly ten procedures. It is important to brush the teeth at least once a day and to water the mouth after each meal. The parents of sick children should brush their childrens’ teeth till they are seven.
5. Presently, children with epidermolysis bullosa can fully preserve their teeth both functionally and cosmetically. Modern dentistry can prevent tooth decay, restore the affected enamel and help form a correct bite. The future is much more optimistic: new materials are being worked out, more aesthetic and firmer, new technologies continue to be carried out. And healthy teeth of the patient with epidermolysis bullosa will become the reality.
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Hodovanets Oksana, Bukovinian State Medical University, Associate Professor, the Faculty of Dentistry E-mail: [email protected] Vitkovskyi Oleksandr, Bukovinian State Medical University, Assistant, the Faculty of Dentistry E-mail: [email protected]
Zinc: clinical-biochemical aspects of dental and thyroid pathology in children
Abstract: the content of zinc is detected in the hard tissues of the tooth in case of caries process in children with comorbid pathology of the thyroid gland. Application of a complex vitamin-mineral zinc containing preparation was found to be reasonable in this group of children.
Keywords: children, zinc, caries, exophthalmic non-toxic goiter.
Nowadays the position concerning the role of general factors in the development of caries process in children has been clearly defined. In addition to somatic pathology and caries provoking diets, natural and ecological factors are always present. The influence of biogeochemical environment is of
great importance on occurring pathology of the hard dental tissues as well as a number of other diseases of the human body, and thyroid gland in particular. In other words, dental caries and exophthalmic nontoxic goiter are diseases closely connected with trace elements impact. The role of halogens in occurring
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these diseases is well known, although much less works deal with the influence of essential micronutrients including zinc.
Children are more susceptible to zinc deficiency than adults, as this trace element affects their rate of growth. Every cell division requires involvement of zinc-dependent enzymes: RNA-polymerase and reverse transcriptase. Zinc plays an essential role in the synthesis of polyribosomes and collagen, thus in the formation of the osseous tissue [1, 389-394].
Zinc is contained in the nuclear receptor T3 , (so-called “zinc fingers”), and by means of binding with DNA it regulates gene expression and synthesis of specific proteins in the cell, which becomes evident due to physiological effects of thyroid hormones [5, 539-543; 7, 3860-3866].
According to the findings of the investigation conducted by М. Ozata et al. combined zinc and iodine deficiency in Turkey plays a certain role in the development of exophthalmic goiter [4, 211-216], although, in some other investigations conducted in Iran [8, 58-61; 3, 287-290] and Germany [6, 12-15], the relation between zinc deficiency and development of exophthalmic goiter was not found.
In this connection, the objective of our work was to detect zinc content in the hard dental tissues in case of caries process in children with comorbid pathology of the thyroid gland, and conduct its correction.
Clinical dental examination of 65 children of 12 years of age was performed. The groups of observation were formed in the following way: 20 somatically healthy children (I group); 20 somatically healthy children with caries (II group); 25 children with exophthalmic non-toxic goiter (ENTG) and caries affliction (III group). In its turn, III group was divided into two subgroups: IIIA — children with ENTG of Ia degree, and IIIB — children with ENTG Ib-II degrees. In the teeth extracted during physiological changes zinc content was determined by means of anatomical-absorptive spectrophotometric method.
The spread of caries process in children of all the groups was more than 80 %, that is, it was rather high according to evaluation criteria suggested by the WHO. The indices of caries spread was markedly increased in the groups with increased severity of thyroid pathology.
The findings of the investigation of the trace element content in the dental hard tissues are presented in Table 1.
Table 1. - The findings of the investigation of the trace element content in the dental hard tissues
Group Zinc content
mcg/g of ashes mcg/g of dry substance
I group (n=7) 128.83 ± 9.51 9.73 ± 0.59
II group (n=9) 170.85 ± 10.34* 14.89 ± 0.98*
IIIA group (n=5) 137.31 ± 9.85 5.19 ± 0.24*
IIIB group (n=4) 113.06 ± 7.52* 6.31 ± 0.35*
Note: * - reliable probability of the indices in I and II, Ill groups, р < 0,05
It should be noted that the level of trace elements in biological substrates not always reflects their body requirements. Frequently in case of micronutrient deficiency its high level is found in such biological substrates as hair, nails etc. the mechanism of such accumulation consists in the formation of trace element complexes with proteins — metaloproteins, and their accumulation in the tissues with low metabolic rate. These complexes do not affect the tissues, but make the metabolic rate of a certain trace element lower, and thus, they make it not easily accessible for quick involvement in trace element dependent functions of the
organism. Clinically in such cases microelemento-sis may occur [1, 123-167; 2, 54-68].
The human body does not synthesize micronutrients, it has either mechanisms of their depot for a long time, that’s why they should be constantly taken with food in an adequate amount and be well-balanced according to physiological, age, and later with gender peculiarities of children and teen-agers. Usually trace elements should be supplemented.
In our research we have added zinc like a complex vitamin-mineral preparation containing magnesium, copper, manganese and zinc. The latter in the amount of 7.5 mg. was contained in zinc oxide.
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Children took the drug per one tablet once a day at a from III group. The control group for comparison inmeal time during one month twice a year. Adminis- cluded 12 children from the same group who under-
tration of the drug was conducted against the ground went oral sanitation only.
of basic iodotherapy considering a child age. This The findings of clinical dental observation of III complex of treatment was performed for 12 children group of children are presented in Table 2.
Table 2. - The findings of clinical dental observation of III group of children
Intensity of caries Number of caries complications
Group of observation (n=12) Control group (n=12) Group of observation (n=12) Control group (n=12)
Before treatment 4.2 ± 0.37 4.0 ± 0.28 50.0 % 50.0 %
After treatment 4.1 ± 0.35 4.0 ± 0.28 41.7 % 50.0 %
Half a year after treatment 4.2 ± 0.37 4.3 ± 0.26 41.7 % 58.3 %
A year after treatment 4.2 ± 0.37 4.7 ± 0.31 41.7 % 58.3 % **
Two years after treatment 4.2 ± 0.37 5.2 ± 0.49 * ** 41.7 % 66.7 % * **
Note: * - a reliable difference of indices before and after treatment, р < 0.05; ** - a reliable difference of indices of the group of observation and control, р < 0.05
Intensity of caries in children with exophthalmic non-toxic goiter at the beginning of treatment was within 4.0-4.2, and had correlation dependence due to severity of somatic disease. During two years the indices of caries intensity in the group of observation did not increase, and on the contrary, in the group of comparison a clear dynamics to the increase of the indices of caries intensity was found.
Different forms of pulpitis and periodontitis of the permanent teeth were registered in half of the examined children before treatment. Chronic forms of pulpitis and periodontitis prevailed in all the
children. Chronic fibrous pulpitis was found most frequently. After the suggested medical correction a number of new complications reduced, which is indicative of increased resistance of the hard dental tissues to caries in children.
Therefore, administration of the preparations containing macronutrient elements and trace elements against the ground of basic iodotherapy in children with exophthalmic non-toxic goiter enables to stabilize intensity of dental caries, increase the level of dental health and prevent the development of possible complications of the oral system and child body on the whole.
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