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Caries Experience Associated with Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Michael Todd Grooms1
  • Martha Ann Keels2
  • Michael W. Roberts3,*,
  • F.Thomas McIver3

1Private practice in Greensboro, N.C

2Adjunct associate professor. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.30.1.d3n7k5147r3ru571 Vol.30,Issue 1,January 2006 pp.3-8

Published: 01 January 2006

*Corresponding Author(s): Michael W. Roberts E-mail: mike_roberts@dentistry.unc.edu

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Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine whether children with attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had a total caries experience that was equivalent to children without the disorder.

Methods: The test sample included children ages 6 to 10 years old diagnosed with ADHD by physi-cians at Duke University Medical Center. The control group also included healthy children 6 to 10 years old without the diagnosis of ADHD. A visual dental exam for caries was performed and a sam-ple of whole, unstimulated saliva was collected. The parent / guardian of each participant completed a health/medication history and a questionnaire concerning the child’s oral health and habits, daily rou-tine, and demographic information.

Results:Wilcoxon and chi-square tests showed that children with ADHD have significantly more enamel caries in the primary and permanent dentitions and a significantly higher prevalence of total caries experience when compared to controls. There was no significant difference in whole saliva pro-duction between the ADHD children and the controls.

Conclusions: Dentists should be aware that children with ADHD are at higher risk for caries.


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Michael Todd Grooms,Martha Ann Keels,Michael W. Roberts,F.Thomas McIver. Caries Experience Associated with Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2006. 30(1);3-8.

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