title: [Oral cavity changes in the child with celiac disease].
abstract: Twenty-nine patients (of both sexes aged between 8 and 18 years old) were referred to our attention with a probable history of celiac disease; intestinal biopsy was positive for the said pathology. Biopsies were compared to a second group of 29 age- and sex-matched control subjects not suffering from gastrointestinal diseases and/or disorders of the phosphocalcium metabolism. The aim of the study was to highlight the possible presence, frequency and extent of oral alterations in confirmed celiac subjects in order to evaluate their greater or lesser incidence compared to controls. The results obtained confirm that celiac patients are more likely to manifest oral pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Discipline Odontostomatologiche, Università degli Studi, Chieti.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petrecca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giammaria
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Giammaria
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Modificazioni del cavo orale nel bambino affetto da malattia celiaca.