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2022, Vol. 24, No. 1

CONTENTS

REVIEW

A comparison of mechanic properties regarding complete removable dentures, which were made from polymethylmethacrilate (PMMA) during conventional and CAD/CAM processes. Systemic literature review
Augustė Jasiūnaitė, Andrius Mykolas Verenis, Eglė Ivanauskienė, Juozas Žilinskas
3-12

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Inadequacy of self-Implemented preventive measures to control caries increment due to poor dietary habits in 6 and 12 years old children in Riga, Latvia
Jekaterina Gudkina, Bennett T. Amaechi, Stephen H. Abrams, Anda Brinkmane, Ieva Jelisejeva

13-20

REVIEW

Assessment of oral hygiene maintenance in 12-18-year-old children and teenagers with fixed orthodontic appliances
Nina Smolyar, Natalya Chukhray, Markiyan Lesitskiy, Yuriy Rybert, Khrystyna Musiy-Sementsiv

21-25

CASE REPORT

Acantholytic variant of squamous cell carcinoma in the mandible: A rare entity and a brief review
Deepthi Shetty, Amal Suresh, Swetha Acharya, Anilkumar Desai, Venkatesh Anehosur, Niranjan Kumar
26-32

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Inadequacy of self-Implemented preventive measures to control caries increment due to poor dietary habits in 6 and 12 years old children in Riga, Latvia

Jekaterina Gudkina1, Bennett T. Amaechi2, Stephen H. Abrams3, 4, Anda Brinkmane1, Ieva Jelisejeva1

Summary

Aim. This study investigated whether the self-implemented preventive measures practiced among the 6 and 12 years olds in Riga, Latvia can control the caries increment due to poor dietary habits among this age groups.

Material and methods. Caries examination was performed on Thirty-eight 6 and thirty-nine 12 years olds by visual and bitewing radiographic examination at baseline and after 3 years. All participants and/or their parents completed dietary habits questionnaires. The data was analyzed using t-test, chi-square test, ANOVA and frequency tables, Wilcoxon and Fisher’s tests (α=0.05).

Results. The mean (SD) values of caries experience at baseline/3-year period in 6- vs.12-year olds were as follows. DMFS: 0.72 (1.02)/3.13 (3.13) (p=0.0000) vs. 6.79 (5.14)/14.79 (9.86) (p=0.0000); dmfs: 11.26(8.71)/7.74 (4.86) (p=0.078) vs. 3.57 (2.03)/1.5 (0.71) (p=0.317). The statistical significance was reported only for the consumption of soft drinks (p=0.032) and sugared tea (p=0.018) for the 6 years olds, and for sugared tea (p=0.017) and number of teaspoons of sugar added to tea (p=0.0095) for the 12-years olds. There was positive caries increment in all the 6 and 12 years olds that reported significant increase in consumption of soft drinks and sugared tea, and increase daily number of teaspoons of sugar used in tea.

Conclusions. The present study demonstrated high cariogenic diet among the children in Riga, which is associated with increased caries experience that the currently practiced self-implemented oral hygiene measures was not capable of controlling.

Key words: caries experience, caries increment, dietary habits, soft drinks.

Received: 15 07 2017

Accepted for publishing: 11 09 2022


1Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

2University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA

3Quantum Dental Technologies

4Cliffcrest Dental Office, Canada

Address correspondence to Jekaterina Gudkina, Riga Stradins University, 20, Str. Dzirciema, Riga, Latvia.

E-mail address: jekaterina.gudkina@rsu.lv