title: Dental health in children with congenital bleeding disorders in and around Davangere: A case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was carried out to investigate the dental and some other aspects of oral health status of young patients with congenital bleeding disorders (CBDs) and compared with controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Decayed, missed, filled tooth surfaces (DMFS-dmfs) in permanent and primary teeth scores, simpliﬁed oral hygiene index, occlusion, occurrence of hypoplasia, fluorosis other hard tissue and soft tissue findings of 50 CBD patients at the age range of 4-15 years and 50 of other children as control were compared. Data were analyzed by Chi-square and Student's unpaired t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients were signiﬁcantly more caries-free with less decayed teeth in primary-permanent dentition (P < 0.05) and with lower scores for overall hygiene.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By this, it can be concluded that children with CBD have a significantly lower prevalence of dental caries and better oral hygiene compared with matched, healthy controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Nagaveni
authors.forename: Shruthi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arekal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poornima
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanagawady
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000151:congenital*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene