title: Oro-dental health status and salivary characteristics in children with chronic renal failure.
abstract: Children suffering from decreased renal function may demand unique considerations regarding special oral and dental conditions they are encountered to. It is mentioned that renal function deterioration may affect the hard or soft tissues of the mouth. Having knowledge about the high prevalence of dental defects, calculus, gingival hyperplasia, modified salivary composition and tissue responses to the dental plaque may aid the physician and the dentist to help nurture the patient with chronic renal failure through the crisis, with an aesthetically satisfying and functioning dentition.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seraj
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
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authors.lastname: Ramezani
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authors.lastname: Mashayekhi
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authors.lastname: Ahmadi