title: Oral health in children and adolescents with haemophilia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bleeding disorders are certainly one of the most difficult health conditions among health professionals. The haemophilia requires special care in dentistry mainly due to highly vascularized oral cavity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to determine oral health conditions of children and adolescents with haemophilia at a haematology centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was composed of 40 children and adolescents aged 1-18 years. Data collection occurred by means of a questionnaire about social and economical conditions, and an examination of the oral cavity. The decayed, missing and filled deciduous teeth (dmft), decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth (DMFT) and gingival bleeding (allows the determination of gingival bleeding) epidemiological indexes were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When evaluating caries experience, the mean value for the dmft index was 3.4 for the deciduous dentition, DMFT score of 0.9 for mixed-dentition, and 2.9 for permanent dentition. The mean value for the gingival bleeding index was similar in all three phases of development, showing a mean value of 1.74.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of the children and adolescents demonstrated unsatisfactory oral health.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Evangelista
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
authors.forename: C C B
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Informatic and Statistic Department, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
authors.forename: R C L
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Idalino
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry and Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
authors.forename: M D M
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry and Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
authors.forename: L F A D
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Moura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009909:Oral Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: epidemiology; oral health; paediatric dentistry