Might Zika virus-associated microcephaly's severity impact deciduous tooth eruption and orofacial structures?

Autor: Vaz FFS; Multiprofessional Residency Program in Public Health of the Health Secretary of Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil., da Silva Sobrinho AR; Graduate Program in Health and Socioenvironmental Development, Universidade de Pernambuco, Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil., Athayde FRRS; School of Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Arcoverde, Pernambuco, Brazil., de Vasconcelos Carvalho M; School of Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Arcoverde, Pernambuco, Brazil.; Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil., Sette-de-Souza PH; Graduate Program in Health and Socioenvironmental Development, Universidade de Pernambuco, Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil.; School of Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Arcoverde, Pernambuco, Brazil.; Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil., Ferreira SJ; Graduate Program in Health and Socioenvironmental Development, Universidade de Pernambuco, Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil.; School of Dentistry, Universidade de Pernambuco, Arcoverde, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oral diseases [Oral Dis] 2023 Jul; Vol. 29 (5), pp. 2277-2282. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 09.
DOI: 10.1111/odi.14227
Abstrakt: Objective: to investigate the impact of the severity of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus (MCZ) on tooth eruption and orofacial structures of children.
Design: This case series study developed the research at the Mens Sana Rehabilitation Center, Arcoverde, Brazil. The study included 27 children diagnosed with MCZ. We performed the data collection in June 2018 through a questionnaire answered by the legal guardians, followed by a clinical examination of the children. The data were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney and Fisher's exact tests (p = 0.05).
Results: The final sample was composed of 20 children. Of these, 13 (35.0%) had severe microcephaly, 5 (30.0%) had altered sequence of tooth eruption, 10 (50.0%) had delayed eruption, and the mean number of decayed teeth was 2.3. The most identified orofacial changes were teeth grinding habit (65.0%), difficult chewing (50.0%), and non-nutritive sucking (50.0%). The Mann-Whitney test showed that the severity of microcephaly did not affect tooth eruption (p = 0.581). The Fisher's exact test showed that the severity of microcephaly was not associated with orofacial changes (p > 0.05).
Conclusions: The severity of MCZ does not seem to influence changes in deciduous tooth eruption and the presence of orofacial anomalies.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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