title: Oral health status in children and adolescents with Fanconi anemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to investigate the caries experience, dental care level, and oral hygiene in children and adolescents with Fanconi anemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Decay-missing-filled teeth index, restorative index and simplified oral hygiene index were examined in two groups of children and adolescents: FA, diagnosed with Fanconi anemia (n = 35) and a healthy control group, non-FA (n = 35). Oral hygiene habits were assessed through questionnaires completed by parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  FA group presents higher decay-missing-filled teeth index values, dental care index, oral hygiene index. Nevertheless, no statistical difference was observed between the groups. Frequency of visits to the dentist was higher in the non-FA group. Frequency of tooth brushing was higher in FA group and it was performed by the subjects without the help of their parents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No difference was observed in caries experience, dental care level, and oral hygiene in children and adolescents with FA when compare with non-FA.
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry Student, Oral Medicine Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lyko
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry Student, Oral Medicine Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Louise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lemes
authors.affiliation: Bone Marrow Transpantation Unit physician, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carmem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonfim
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine Department Professor, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cassius Carvalho
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Torres-Pereira
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine Department Professor, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Amenábar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Fanconi anemia; caries experience; dental caries; oral health status